Dress #100: Late Georgian dress in brown Beard & Moustache This hand-stitched black and bronze

This hand-stitched black and bronze gown is based on a French evening dress by the Callot Soeurs of Paris

Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original

with a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting’

held by the Museum at FIT (accession P85

Spring 1883)

Dress #100: Late Georgian dress in brown Beard & Moustache This hand-stitched black and bronzeThis hand stitched paper dress is based on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession 53. 197, an American dress from 1825 1830. The original is made of dark brown brocaded silk satin featuring sprays of roses and other small flowers. 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 wall. Materials: Japanese