Dress #061: Regency dress in blue. 2018 Mid-century dress and London

and London

Celadon stitches stand in for the embroidered trim

after the abundance of whites in the earlier part of the Regency/Empire era

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession C

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1980

Dress #061: Regency dress in blue. 2018 Mid-century dress and LondonThis hand stitched blue Regency dress, straight out of a Jane Austen novel, is made from a shimmery Japanese paper, overlaid with Koume watermark tissue, and accented with glass beads. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress, with tiny shell shapes standing in for the applique along the bottom of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The piece is based on a British dress and spencer jacket from ca.