Dress #037.2: Regency dress in pale pink Shoes and boots The original dress is held

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A tassel topped by a glass bead hangs from the bottom of the overdress

This hand-stitched early Victorian paper gown is based on an American day dress from ca

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Dress #037.2: Regency dress in pale pink Shoes and boots The original dress is heldThis pink Regency dress is made from Japanese paper, embellished with glass beads, and hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. It is based on a British visiting dress from ca. 1822, held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1980. 145. 1a,b). The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your