Dress #106: Edwardian day dress in blues Bison I’ve chosen a Nepalese Lokta

I’ve chosen a Nepalese Lokta paper for the black velvet portions

as waists dropped and sleeves and skirts filled out

where this fibre was cultivated and processed

V&A Publishing

overlaid with Koume watermark tissue

Dress #106: Edwardian day dress in blues Bison I’ve chosen a Nepalese LoktaThis hand stitched paper dress is based a cotton day dress from the late 1910s, offered for sale by Augusta Auctions in 2023. The original dress is of sheer printed cotton in a motif of green and blue circles, with white edge binding and trim, and a silk sash. 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