Dress #062: 1950s cocktail dress in wine. 2016 Rabbit is cut from black Nepalese

is cut from black Nepalese paper

Glass beads stand in for the pearl and rhinestone embellishments

The original dress is held by the Kyoto Costume Institute (accession AC9206 95-7)

it is hand-stitched in cotton floss onto cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

a British dress from 1838-1840

Dress #062: 1950s cocktail dress in wine. 2016 Rabbit is cut from black NepaleseBased on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 2009. 300. 180, a 1950 dress designed by Charles James. 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: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper