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Today's post is all about wow!!
This beautiful muslin day dress (circa 1868), has amazing detailing - completely done with 5000 beetle wings and parts of wings that were used to decorate it!
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| © Victoria and Albert Museum |
Close up view.
From a current exhibition Fashioned from Nature
at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Details here.
at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Details here.
Happy Sunday Stitching!
That's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWOW! what a beautiful Dress! I used to make costumes for our family costume shop for years and never saw a dress like this ! I know it rook a ling time to bead all of this ! Amazing!
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