Dress #084: 1920s dress in wine and gold Polar bear and 9 yards of embroidery’

and 9 yards of embroidery’

to echo the original French silk

I couldn’t call myself a Torontonian if I didn’t have a raccoon in my collection

The piece is based on an American dress from ca

Spring 1883)

Dress #084: 1920s dress in wine and gold Polar bear and 9 yards of embroidery’This hand stitched paper 1920s dress is made from wine and gold chiyogami (Japanese paper) chosen to echo the Bordeaux wool of the original The design is based on an afternoon dress from Berthe Hermance, as shown in the December 1926 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that