Dress panel, Medium: silk, silk chenille, silk-wrapped corrugated strips of flat metal, silk-wrapped wire coils, feathers, brilliants, paper Technique: embroidery on 8-harness satin using satin, stem and couching stitches, 5-harness satin appliqué, Pale blue satin embroidered in colored silks with accents of brilliants and trimmed with lace. Parts of the design are outlined using white feathers. Small detached flower clusters on body, festoons and flower clusters, and an appliqued shaped band of white satin embroidered in an imbricated pattern with a diamond-shape drop in each scale.

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Size: 3333px × 3900px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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