'A double-sided satin gown with silk mesh lining, encapsulating scorch and burnt marks by using techniques of prints, dyes, crystal and sun-ray pleats. Finished with actual burnt edges. Styled with a silk organza veil with incense burnt holes.' X
This feels like a descendant of the trompe l'oeil 'Tears Dress' (1938), by Elsa Schiaparelli, with a print designed by Salvador Dalí.
Bertha Wegmann (1847-1926, Danish) ~ Trompe l'oeil with a little girl standing under a flowering apple tree on a canvas attached to a wall under a flowering apple branch , n/d
Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1625/1629-after 1675)
"Vanitas still life with skull" (c. 1667-1668)
Oil on canvas
Located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States