Dress #103: Charles James ‘Clover Leaf’ ballgown in pinks Victorian dress offered for sale by Augusta

offered for sale by Augusta Auctions in 2023

This hand-stitched orange and red dress is based on an evening dancing dress designed by Voisin of Paris in ca

The book is the delightfully named Monstrorum historia

hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt

Dress #103: Charles James ‘Clover Leaf’ ballgown in pinks Victorian dress offered for sale by AugustaThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Clover Leaf ballgown designed by Charles James in 1953; this version in pinks is held by the Museum at FIT (accession P77. 1. 7). Charles James produced some of the quintessential dress shapes of the 1940s and 1950s, and is considered by the Met to be the only American to work in the true couture tradition. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which