Dress #101: 17th century gown in green and gold VAM The teacups are a smidge

The teacups are a smidge over 3 inches tall

Chicago History Museum

With dresses like this

It was the illustration I came back to when I decided to stitch some paper jackalopes

I’m sure Betty Draper would have coveted his creations during the early seasons of Mad Men

Dress #101: 17th century gown in green and gold VAM The teacups are a smidgeThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a rare, surviving late 17th century formal gown, possibly Italian, offered for sale by Cora Ginsburg in 2002. The original is made from a brocaded moir silk with pink, gold, and silver; Ive replicated the metallic stomacher with a layer of gold tissue stitched with gold thread. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into