Dress #020: Queen Elizabeth I gown in black and gold: front view. 2014 FIT glass bead

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This hand-stitched paper dress from the early 1920s is constructed of shimmering wine Japanese paper

Materials: Japanese paper

overlaid with Japanese tissue

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Dress #020: Queen Elizabeth I gown in black and gold: front view. 2014 FIT glass beadBased on a variety of Elizabethan dresses and film costumes. 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, glass beads, metallic thread, and cotton floss on cotton paper