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Dessinées D'aprèsdes Animaux Vivans’
Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper
This sweater is based on a golf jersey design from the 1898 Spencer
The dress is made from Korean hanji tissue laid over solid hanji
One of the funniest things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions
Dress #056: 1940s cocktail dress in black and gold Whale Dessinées D'aprèsdes Animaux Vivans’This hand stitched black and gold paper dress is based on a cocktail dress designed by British born American designer Charles James in 1949. It is made from black chiyogami (Japanese) paper that is accented with a pattern of gold twigs. Hand embroidered lines imitate the seams and folds of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 200). Charles
