cozy, intricate, and beautiful!

a quilt about the cycle of receiving inspiration, support, and energy from your community and using it to create something which you in turn share with the same community and pass on to others 💫

Sunburst Quilt

Cotton

83.5 x 83 in

(212.09 x 210.82 cm)

Unknown Artist

It's been a minute since we shared a Worth gown, let alone a wedding gown. And hello! This dress is one I hadn't seen before since today, from the Palais Galliera in Paris, but it dates from 1904. (Though I could see this as Alexander McQueen.)

The details are sparse, but we can tell a few things. It's absolutely encrusted in beads, so it would have weighed a lot! The silhouette is still very much late Victorian, from the gigot sleeves to the up-to-the-neck coverage. It's trimmed in fur, so it's likely this was a winter wedding setting.

It uses entrelac (which is a netting/crochet/knitting method) to create these gorgeous lozenges that glitter and define the pattern on the surface of the dress.

Pet the Puppy, 2022