The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-19
Tne Wondrous Productions Of the Loom
in Modern Dress Fabrics.

limitations of nature in surprising |
multiplicity are constantly to be met |
with as ofered to view at almost every !
shop window, either through definite
Imitation or by yet more interesting
suggestion. The result is altogether |
curious and frequently charming. Sys-
TENS of form, color and texture appear
ing in the natural world determine the
present law of fashion, in an important
degree, and as never previously con-
forming it since the first article of fem
mime apparel took quality and shape. 1t
is an era in dress with close natural
relationship to all that has sprung from
Kew ideas in art and astheticism, and
with the reigning fancy coming to be
expressed in multitude of fresh and
! bewildering ways. The new impulse
! has reached woven fabrics in an eXten-
sive application Of novel complex
schemes to their production. Simplicity
of initiative fabricatiofi, like that, for
! example, of plain eolored, even surfaced
! Siberian plush in stimulation OF the nat
! ural covering vi tIe &Utt:.cia Asiablc
squirrel, continues without being
| despised in the market, vet has not
been sufficient to content the designers
/ fancv The surface, it is found, may
be thrown into ridges, like bodies of
caterpiilers, and these ringed trans
versely with colors, or it may be flecked
/ with snow crystats or gold, OF touched
by :; glistening frost, or the shadings of
| Algse may be given it, or through
single stripe may be passed gradations
from pale rose to the fullest depths of
red.
Apparently rule for the weaver, as
It is with nature, is that of charm in
volved with charm, so that from deft
tricks with warp and wool result un-
numbered textile intricacies, which.
although not always beautiful, are an
nngaging mystery.
| Added to silken ripples of dress ma
terial divided by messy banks are
darkening shades adjusted relatively to
increasing lusters, and with floral luxu-
rance spread broadcast without limit.
The object being sought to so great a
degree has illustrations in satins richly
embossed with shaded plush figures,
forming varied masses, alternating with
open networks against the shining
under surface. the latter being, as it
were, of entwined and clinging sprays
of moss. The fabric may have, perhaps,
the appearance of greenish-gray MOSES
or llchens IN one or That OF wood OF
siate' wrought lh.ricately win Gus ster,
ing forms ana repeatedly vafled
shades; OF TINS again may oe
more gorgeous IN color ana
contfast as with ground OF goiu satln
oVerspreao Win eiaporaIeiy Pa1teIheo
eInoosshGn' III copper-coioieo pi"Sh,
tne metaillc hues oeillS oi INC natural
variety; bronze ilgureS may pe sSreWn
over surface Oh turquoise nlue' ana a
cream-colored ground IS nSureo win
sbadea mignonee1e most Eiare anu oeii-
ca0e' showing tiie ineTest purple 'oucn,
oackeninS 10 tle 1uii ihIehsity vi 'he
natural huei still, In othef wep3 there
Is the looN OF oiu Wooa ana otner oia
natural substances decaylng In molSt
places, marked with plush spots and
moses which men more saan any, AWNING ngona e.se
suggest mold. Again, Single colored
,, fabrics, loraly orocadea' unite unlike
textures to represent various parts OF a
flower; SATIN surface OF WINE or OF
grape color IS covered with large plush
. flowers, having tneir centers OF perhaps
,, other portions formed OF peculiarly
twisted hiament IN also raised surface,
giving distinguished eIect TO the de,
! sign. textures OF smooth SIX " may :, DC
procaaed win nowers IN t%ln as wen az
win thoSe OF einpIoiaefy enecI; IN Ine
iatter sIyle ootn silver anu goiu SIN s'le
frequently empio!e7o' either sinS!y. ol
I In comoihaIion, Win simple safieties o
L SIX ,cafdinal SIX iaoric Is sprayed
Win SILVER mowers. anotner oi cfeali
coior pears proiusion .. goiu eh SUI
5 MOVERS; req ofohze saGin IS Drocaoel
n with feathers IN bronzeo goia' ana
: rose huea SILK Is strlpeo Win proWnlsI
n feathers clustered ana gilntea WITH goio
s ana casting thelr Outline ~ienin the SIX
en stripe' 80 thab chese rose spaces are
e detllio>t Hj !" .s-lf - ii't'iili-ss : q
d feet Is Produced lii the aurora boreali'
r 6rocade. as 1t Is named, anu winch, II
its vivid suggestions, measures fairly
the recent coneeit IN representation
rom nature. The material may nave
sometime midnight ground deckee
with Haming hoWers' having leaves
" foldlng centerward' ana curving oano
!, 0! goia thence STRIKING h?in'Y "ut' O
Ii the grsA,4>' ~. I -;s95 - D,Ie' val
e great flowers IN SiiVer gray Ioideu on
d over another. % and shaded and llghtenet
9 eloudlke, with royal gold also center
IS ing at their hearts. +l--5, r-
j. The brush has wrought the rosy gar
e lands softly on white moire antique, AM
9 this is regal style for sovereign beauty
n which alone would dare its trial. Th
IL bright little needle. catching as it nigh
: into this wonderful complex rhy TIM
?, of nature, has flown untiringly owe
webs of satin, leaving lightning chain
= of gold with a half-secreted trace o
= blue, flashed zigzag in incalculable con
{ fusion. with large and small leave
L formed of iridescent beads and cas-
'e whiriing in the midst. Fronts o
+ dresses are wrought thickly in the fab
g sic itself in pearls and crystal; yet thes
n einbroideries are Cast more frequentl
n or siken net in tlounce or tablier. Th
l. i;ltter, covered in floral design wit