Sunday, April 15, 2012

Favourite- Dress Fabric

Dress fabric hand-painted in China 1775-1800 (LACMA)
I wonder why this was never made into a garment? The detail and level of realism is very good.
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4 comments:

  1. Lauren RApril 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    I'll take 8 yards of that please...

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  2. deirdreApril 18, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    It was such beautiful fabric they couldn't decide what to do with it!

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    1. Olympe de la Tour D'AuvergneApril 18, 2012 at 7:14 PM

      I certainly don't have that problem. I can think of a few dozen things I'd do with it.

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