Dress #006: Robe à la française in periwinkle and pale purple. 2014 Turtle 139&A-1967)

139&A-1967)

Based on a 1774 illustration of Bradypus torquatus (Brazilian three-toed sloth) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 71

She would have been a contemporary of Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary Crawley

while the bodice

Dress #006: Robe à la française in periwinkle and pale purple. 2014 Turtle 139&A-1967)Based on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 60 1934, an English gown from the 1760s. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, and cotton floss on cotton paper