{"product_id":"villa-on-the-hill-1970s-handmade-palladian-maxi-dress","title":"Villa on the Hill · 1970s Handmade Palladian Maxi Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLightweight woven fabric · scenic novelty print · Palladian buildings and topiary on sage green · self-covered dome buttons in matching print · V-neckline · long blouson sleeves · button cuffs · full A-line maxi skirt · green zip back · handmade · 1970s · L 140cm flat · AU 10–12 · Very good\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery few centimetres another neoclassical building appears, seated on a low hill surrounded by rounded topiary trees in vivid green and golden amber, the landscape undulating in soft horizontal waves across the fabric. The print is a scenic novelty in the 1970s mode, detailed enough to read differently at arm's length versus up close, the buildings Palladian in their domes and colonnades. On a sage-green ground. In a full maxi. With self-covered dome buttons in the same print running from the V-neckline to the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScenic and architectural prints in fabric reached a particular peak in the early 1970s, when designers and textile houses on both sides of the Atlantic worked through a nostalgia for formal European landscape. This dress sits firmly in that tradition. It was made by hand, with careful attention to pattern matching at the seams and a considered approach to button placement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fabric is clean and has not faded. The dome buttons are all intact. The zipper at the centre back is green and functions correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":44143321251974,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_3179.jpg?v=1783494920","url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/products\/villa-on-the-hill-1970s-handmade-palladian-maxi-dress","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}