Dress #086: Robe à la française in blue with flowers. 2019 Hippopotamus and silk floss on cotton

and silk floss on cotton paper

layered atop one another

that brings to mind twining snakes

organza ribbon

The original dress features brown silk charmeuse and is cut on the bias

Dress #086: Robe à la française in blue with flowers. 2019 Hippopotamus and silk floss on cottonBased Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 2009. 300. 903a, b, a French robe la franaise from 1760 1770. 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