Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green KCI This hand-stitched paper dress is

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on an English day dress from 1835-1840

Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original

The jacket is 4 inches tall

known as à la Medicis and à l’Amadis

this version in pinks is held by the Museum at FIT (accession P77

Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green KCI This hand-stitched paper dress isMy mother, aunt, and Nana all had large collections of mismatched teacups, and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl. I have continued to collect them, and this stack comes from my china cabinet. The teacups are a smidge over 3 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that they will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your