Dress #082.2: Edwardian afternoon dress in cream and black Anteater Materials: Japanese paper and cotton

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

it always looked blue to me in the photographs

Or perhaps Phryne Fisher wore something similar during her Paris days

The snail is 4

Dress #082.2: Edwardian afternoon dress in cream and black Anteater Materials: Japanese paper and cottonThis hand stitched paper Edwardian dress is cut from rich cream paper and embellished with ivory coloured glass beads. The design is based on an afternoon dress from the Cauet Soeurs, as shown in the November 1908 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme'. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready