Dress #123 Regency dress in ‘Clarence blue’ Sloth and glass bead buttons complete

and glass bead buttons complete the dress

or Golden Chanterelle

The original suit

and silver

Dress #123 Regency dress in ‘Clarence blue’ Sloth and glass bead buttons completeThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an American dress from ca. 1818; the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2016. 181). The dress is in Clarence blue, named after the favourite colour of the Duchess of Clarence, who married the future King William IV in 1818. 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