Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-14
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Collarettes pointed in front are the
design in which real laces are now fash
ioned: some of these are quite small,
reaching only TO the top of the darts,
while a second size extends to the waist
line, and still others fall below the
waist and form a slender vest, which is
sufficient trimming for handsome cor
sages of velvet, satin or silk. Point
laces, duchesse, gaze or rose point, and
combinations of these laces, are made
into collarettes, and sometimes some
point de Venise is added. With these
collarettes a narrow frill of lace is
worn standing around the neck and is
permanently attached to it; yard and
n quarter of wider trimming lace is
then added for gathering inside the
sleeves. Very small and short collar
cites that combine duchesse and a little
point gaze cost from So to $3.50, while
larger ones, with some Venetian point,
are $50. There is an effort to revive
the old Honiton laces, with their light,
open, feathefy designs, and these are
now shown in fichus, collarettes, and
the three inch widths of laces that are
used for the neck and sleeves of dresses:
Valenciennes is again in favor, and is
especially liked for young ladies.
Barbes Of lace are not useful in the
present style of dressing the throat. but
the wide, straight scarfs are suddenly
restored to favor to form the soft draped
vest trimming now in vogue. For
fully gathered frills for the neck and
sleeves three and half yards are re-
quired of duchesse, Honiton, or other
heavy real lace; but of the lighter laces,
such as Valenciennes, Mechlih, aid the
darned Oriental and Mauresque laces.
six or seven yards are easily used, as
these need to be very full to be effect
i've, and the frills usually extend down
the front of the basque, either in one
or two rows, gathered to the edge of
the buttOn-hQle side OF the dress, and al
lowed to fall with careful grace, with
out being fastened in a set jabot or in
shell gathers.
With ladies who have but one set of
real lace the choice remains for
duchesse point such rs is sold for IS or
81 Q yard. Flchhs and scarfs of Hbni-
ton lace are becoming, because they are
soft to gather in web about the neck;
these cost from $50 to $50 each, and
trimming lace for the sleeves in CORE
spending designs il Sl1 yard. The
effective Irish laces, especially Carrick-
hacf5ss, Which Is really muslin, with
the designs wrought in button-hole
stitches, and the spaces between cut
out, are worn perfectly smooth both In
collarettes, and IN cliffs that turn up-
ward from the wrist; these cost from sic
IN <Dl N La Al
makes nice show for its cost is the
Pompadour lace; with the groundwork
OF the meshes of Oriental lace, and NJ
on this are faised mtslIh flowers, roses;
tuchsias and foliage; this Pompadour
lace Is used much in eollarettes that
have small raised flowers all over them,
and single cluster on the left side.
There are also wide ilounces of this lace
that are deep enough to form whole
tablier or an over-skirt; and are sold
for So p yard: For. muslin dresses;
and, Indeed; for simple evening dresses
of silk and OF satin, and also for trim
ming the soft surahs, are flounces
Of Mauresque lace at 50 a yard. Fol
handsome evening dresses and fol
trousseauX there are 5els Of duchesse
Lace containing a flounce six inches
wide, narrow lace for garniture, and a
lace handkerchief with corresponding
designs. A bridal veil of duchesse and
of point gauze, with orange blossoms
and roses and l'lits combined in the de.
sigh, may be added to such a set, and
this is in shape like great scarf yard
and quarter wide and more than three
yards long, and may afterward be used
for drapery on satin or velvet skirts.
Bridesmaids wells are most ufteH d
Spanish laEts; and are only two and a
half or three yards long, and cost from
. $50 to $40.
In black laces the hand-run Spanish
lace is much liked for fichus, scarfs tc
drape as vests. and ne triniriint laces,
bnt thu Escurial lace with the design
outlined with a cord is the favorte
/ There are also many of the Spanish
guipure laces with the silk designs out
lined with chenille cord; this is not con.
! fined to black, but is shown in color,
ALSO, sush as solder bto#n. titiah red
aid gray laces, at SO yard, with fichu:
to match, for $3.50. The limitations Of
black thread lace are so fine that they
are bought for trimmings by the mos
fastidious HdTper'S BGzar.