DRESS 1880
This bobbin lace dress is only 1 1/2" .
In 1999 I
did a course about historical costumes with Jacoba de Jonge.
There I saw the original dress, made of fine wool.
I knew from pictures that Queen Wilhelmina wore this style of dress as a toddler.
I immediately pictured this dress in miniature.
Jacoba was
nice enough to lend me this dress so I could measure and copy it exactly.
I made the lace with Egyption cotton nr 185.
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| Front of the original dress | Front of the miniature dress. | If the collar is put up
you can see the lace round the arms |
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| Back of the original dress | Back of the miniature dress | Detail of the back with the tiny buttons |