Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-04-22
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The Princes. Alexandra. Bridal Dress, &c.

TO-DAY (Thursday) the Danish capital is in
high excitement with regard to the departure
Of her Royal Highness to the Princess Alex
andra. The general enthusiasm shows itself
in thousand forms Yesterday the shops
exhibited her Royal Highness' medal in their
windows The bridal garments Of the Prin-
cess Alexandra have attracted great notice
here. Their fabrication has been intrusted to
Mr.. Levysohn, of this city, and they have
been exhibited to the fair sex in his establish
ment in Kjobmagergade. Finer specimens of
needle-work viii not easily be found, The
stitches are 50 fine and the work so delicate
that they have excited universal admiration.
No machine has been employed. On each
piece has heen embroidered her Royal High
ness initials, below the English crown, and
this alone las given six hundred such embroi-
deries. The time allowed beng so short,
several hundred persons have been employed,
but the greatest accuracy and uniformity have
been obtained. The handkerchiefs have been
ordered in Paris, and are masterpieces in
their kind, the embroidery being remarkably
tasteful and beautiful. The English crown,
from its pecuial shape, has offered various
difficulties, but they have been triumphantly
overcome. Only few of the robes were ex-
hibited, some being too delicate to bear any
handling. Articles Of this kind more glarihg
and costly might easily be obtained; but Ger
tainly nothing more quietly and fttingly ap-
propriate as perfect specimens Of what the
needle can accomplish. On Tuesday several
deputations waited on her Royal Highness
with parting gifts. Among these we may
mention a porcelain stand with rich figures
from Flora Danica, presented by a committee
Of ladies; costly fan, by the maids Of honor !;
Old Northern golden ornaments, by a com
miltee from Falster; an English Bible, one
hundred years old, by sehoolmaster from
Falster; busts Of Her Royal Highness's par
ents, from a Jutland committee; splendid pair
Of goldenbroidered shoes, from The shoena-
kers Of the capitol, &c. To these must be ad-
ded from Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager,
and their Royal Highnesses, the hereditary
Prince and Princess, large painting by
Schott representing a group Of the Princess
Alexandra's brothers and sisters; from the
Landgrave Of Hesse and several members of
the Hessian family, golden ornaments, dia-
dem, clasp, bracelets, rings, &c, in the old
Northern style, executed by the court jewel
er, Nicholson; from Baron Bixen Finecke
and his wife, the Princess Augusta, marble
group, two children kissing each other, one of
the finest works ever executed by Bissen, the
great Danish sculptor, and in the purest Car
rena marble. The mold in destroyed, and
the piece is little known, but all who saw it
unite in praising its elegance and expression.
From the Princess Augusta, proyer-book,
containing the twelve chief prayers of the
English Church, painted in the style OF the
Middle Ages, by her Royal Highness, on vel
lum, with ground of gold and silver, splen-
didly bound in the old style by Nicholson ;
from prOprietors of Danish estates, marble
group Adam and Eve" executed by Jeri-
chan from the capital, a marble statue, "He-
be, " executed by Bissen; from some young
ladies. an album, with views in Denmark by
the best Danish artist; from the Brothers
Bing, two portrait medalious in porcelain, the
Pnncess's grandfather and grandmother; from
the marine painter Serensen, picture repre-
senting part of Copenhagen and the Long
Line, as seen from the roads.--From the Den
mark