Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1882-05-18
Velvet with WeOl.

Velvet in new and artistic shades Is
much used for the accessories OF fine
wooden dresses. BY accessories we do
not mean either trimmings or oombina-
tons, but those small yet important
parts of costume such as the collar
the pointed vest, cuts, facings and
sometimes a Eat tablier or petticoat
front. Contrasts prevail in these ar
rangements, and the wool goods is
usually very light, with darker velvet TO
give it character; thus chaudiere, or
copper-red velvet, completes Manila
and pale gray cashmeres; electric blue
velvet, that Is almost green, and is
called Douairiere, is associated with
cream white camel s-hair or Chuddah;
and the light buff ecru tints and pale
resedas have dark bronze or olive green
velvet for relief There is an air OF
distinction about these fine wool stuls
that silk can not have, and this is fur
Their enhanced by the rich embroideries
that are added as garniture. The de-
signs of the choicest Partisan dresses
give the general effect of the princesse
dress, with close, long waist, paniers
and plated skirt, yet the costume is not
the all-in-one princesse dress, but con-
sists of two pieces-the waist and
skirt--with drapery attached TO one
or the other TO conceal the
place of Joining. The newest skirts
are plated merely in front and back with
six loose deeply folded side plats be-
fore and behind while the sides are
quite plain. These begin at the belt,
usually terminate in embroidery at the
fol Iuln nd
are draped at top with scarf panier.
Sometimes the front plaits fall open
toward the foot, and there is a pyra-
midal fiat piece of velvet inserted the
whole length OF the front from paniers
10 foot A soft white wool called Grape
cloth has Douairiere GLUE green) velvet
up the skirt front, with the white wool
falling on each side of It in three length
wise folds, and completed at the foot by
embroidery twelve inches deep done on
the selvedge of the cloth, which is sup
ported by velvet boX-plaiting that goes
around the foot of the skirt. A scarf of
the wool twisted over like knot in
front curves like paniers on the hips,
and is draped low behind on the skirt
The front of the waist has diamond
shaped openings of the velvet nearly
concealed by the embroidery, and the
edge of the front is hidden under the
panier scarf, while the back has q
basque that forms deep plaits, held by a
velvet bow that adds to the bouffant eff
feet. The velvet collar is rolled outward,
and the velvet cuffs are flat. A pale gray
cashmere dress has copper red velvet
for Byron collar and pointed vest
thatstops at the waist line these are near
ly covered with cashmere embroidery
that has scalloped edges resting on the
velvet The red velvet cuffs are SINH
larry covered and the skirt, with its
six deep plaits in front and back, ends
in embroidery that has red plating be-
meath it. A buff wool dress with
bronze green chenille foliage en-
broidered upon it has bronze velvet in
two great puils on the hips, edging the
basque, also for the Marie Antoinette
collar, and in the fan-plaited bow at
the back of the basque, with plated
drapings of velvet mingling with those
of the wool. Simpler dresses of ecru
French bunting or of cashmere are dis
tinguished by Byron collar of olive
green velvet, also fiat cuffs that turn
upward and point outward, being
slightly larger than the sleeves, and
large square or crescent-shaped pockets
on the side of the basque. For light
cloth costumes for spring, French gray
cloth is made up with Louis Quatorze
coat in which is a garnet velvet vest
nearly covered with white null en-
broidery in Irish point patterns, and
this is also laid over the velvet collar,
cuffs and pockets, --Harper'S Bazaar.