New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-13
FxHrBIT70Y or BRBRoIDERIES.
WORK or THE DECORATIVE ART SOCIETY.

rvUTRITION or EHBROIDERIES.
Work or THE DECORATIVE ART SOCIETY
Z, viii ne difficult for the judges TO award
,,.zs for the best portiore or wailhangihg lh 's
'As - ,,,co no ono piece Is specially distinguished
Car merit IN all points above tne rest "lu'o 49,
49,. have marked excelenoee shining out rom Hio"s
sS,e. In ono We End the artist STRIVING TO carry
-. s,s,r heyoad her powers, aud more intent OF PR"
-. st,i,ripg pctOrfal effect than IN winning pf'ise
- a mistress OF her orait In aholDoi
"a the woman predOminating, and design ''oi"
inc the place 70 neat ana eAquSte "o'
tit With the result Of producing embroidery 100 u'h
t' :. - trcsive And n q rule the exhibits seem 10
- :. -. -, an, side of Overmuch ambitioni we shou"
-, ,,, more work IN the spirit of the CONTRIBUTION
nsnh POS, or In that OF it, mate TO when ho 'Iu
.t,ached and which Is probably by 0hereh' n'nr'
Here the design IL without pretence an" lhe ""N
KENT mere strictly within the limits OF real e'i""'9
Tn snb Rosa the material common cotton coin aiu
che armament conssta Of lines stitched IN the ih m
$500 ,et,reen forming bands which are alternately 'l'
,,n aud orparnented With Tudor roses o''-
i,pss IN ebeyrycoored SILK The green sePals snoNis
betveen each pair OF petals The stich empty W III ~
work "a primitive one and 30 better thah s"""u 10
,sed IN working on such cheap material Du' tue '''
The work Is pretty and though in slight way more
orripaNfr Is obtained than IN the costier ana more
,ahar.d n,eees The other example, 10 which a. we
- aid no name IA attached Is carried further both
an design and workmanship. The plant used
IN the design is the hgdrdHGca slightly con
ventionnzed In It's flowers and leaves, some OF TIC
heads being pink and others pale blue but there Is no
attempt at realism the treatment The sutch en-
royed here is plain but the work is OF more per
,n.nent character than that Of sub Rosa" We cal
atteuticu 20 these two pieces good examples OF "orS
carried lust far enough TO suit the occasion ana the mn
teral but without any intention TO dsparage IN their
favor other pieces which represent more expenditure OF
time and money.
Vet It strikes rs that most Of these costly pieces
are omen 10 question on the score OF utility; by which
we mean that they are not fitted 70 serve the pur
pose for which they present themselves. They are
either poriieres or curtains In either CAGE, "hihr
opened or CLOSED they must present some folds tins they
win do Of course, WHOM opened that Is drawn ASIDE
and when closed, they should not present plain rec
tsag,lar surface TO the eve When closed door-haug
ips or Vindowcurtain should think, show large soft
folds enough at all events break up the mcnoony Of
The rectangular piece Of cloth. Now this being We
think the law speak Of 1ns 1t follows that the
design should be shat viii not be hurt by the curtain
falling into fields. Yet vha; would become Of the Tich
and laborious design nargd "Yualba," when occasion
demanded the drawing ii aside Apart from the fact
that II this were done frequently the work would
safer q more important consideration for us s that the
design can only be wen when the curtain stretched
out without folds. The workmanship this piece II eX-
ealent and the employment OF silk and worsted IN the
81 evident the material which they embroidered
81 overloaded the satinis puckered by It Ia look
badly particularly IN certain ls aud iepossOlet 70
approve the insertion OF large piece o japanese gold
Embroidered stuff cut 10 the form Of jar, ont Of which
this immense bouquet OF srrngs This easy sub
stute embroidery taken with the velvet border the
srreguay Of which IA not called for in the purpose OF
the hanging gives to the piece, taken whole cor
taia mechanical air This erdbt r. nuoh better suited
for a wallhanging than for o curtain Of any kind.
Tho exhibit marked 1ryon has special design IN
the OF the materials OF which the crrtain ia
composed bur the band across the bottom an emhrod-
cred design Of oeanders ani raeoWs Is handsome and
Handsomely executed INT, surely Il would be better
rlsced higher M on the curtain. And II seems
10 rs rather heavy for - use Nothing interiors 20
uncofnfcrtGby With the proper hanging OF curtain As
III - -. .,..b 60. .b.
euran wiz hang IN good, strnigh folds but hcooaea
fienpced reftcoai IN spite IA And furthermore
nattcr " het precedent may " alleged cannot IKE
On curtain appen6aFes, Ike buttons frogs, cocAAor
or row Of cords rings and assc such are disposed
slorg the hnftnm Of this particular curtain. There T. DO
invention Ia such thngs; they are mere substitute" lor
The piece marked Araclnc the cast woll near
ahs sontheast corner T. isoorors performance but oP
Euf The worjmsnshIp Is 50 GOOD aud the whole piece
Thoroughly dome, u hear ~ its author again.
forms coliinef shall have fought her TO break this
sneeIe journalism into rich and Rowing lines and na"ses
sunh folds Tire piece can fan iuto can ~ az nre
rather they VIII increase the effectiveness OF the DESIGN
THE two iagcr pieces marked Ceres are probably hY
different Bands the ia the southeast corner Is not
parficrlsrv happy IN design rcrcttOnA OF leaff0rms
Epplled IN velvet a stuff which IS worked with
gold threads dispersed In 10 rescmble the cTdk
on q PORCELAIN lar. In lights the effect H. % quilt
lug We hardly 20 call tls design; think
of piece of brocaded silk from which so many yards
have e.sn cat, and border, top and bottom,
supplied Now the design OF a pOrtiere 10 win
dow curtain II they pc not merely 80 many
yards Of ecrtsn staff, ought 70 he circumscrbod by
1he lines OF the piece Itself What sh01ld think o.
EinBer-paies that should look n they cut with
circular paateeutte out Of strip Of printed calico
And why should d dOOrcuriaiD look like merely much
cut out OF "a whole piece Of brOcadc
TsectheY Ceres" Ia the southwest corner "a 10 be
praised for lie selection OF native sUbect-corn and
pumpkin the SQUIRE would look weU hung up on
The wal OF Ginin room In country house As por-
Herr would be lost BIKE much OF the design here
SBd the workmanship is TOO coarse and gO-asyOu
please 10 bear the close inspection unavoidable in
email city r0oiusinali Il must be confessed, when they
hse sFgest AS picture, this exhibit deserves praise
only c0ld wish the motto awsy, or else embroidered
IL less fDTmal way.