It is based on an American dress from the early 1880s
The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress
stitched by hand by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper
held by the McCord Museum (accession M982
the originals were of painted kid leather
Dress #027: Victorian dress in purples. 2015 Penguin It is based on anBased on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2, no. 1 Spring 1883. Philadelphia, Penn: Strawbridge and Clothier, 1883. 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: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, other paper, and cotton floss on cotton paper