The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-10
POETRY IN PATCHWORK.

symphony in samples of silk and
satin. II is seven feet square, and
is composed of forty-nine different
blocks, arranged in rows, each row
separated by a division ribbon of
dark red satin, and each block di-
vided from each other by ribbon
border of the same texture and hue.
Around the whole is border Of drab |
brown satin, traversed by seven |
rows of stitching in various silks. |
The pieces are chiefly silk, with
many of satin and a few of velvet. |
There are about 1000 pieces in the
quilt, and every piece has history.
There are in it samples of silk from a
wedding dress, made hundreds
of years ago in England, when |
the looms WoYe silk as enduring as
time. There are in it specimens OF
the latest styles Of gentlemen's
craVats. And between these two
epochs are hundreds of pieces of
different times and all possible
shades of color, arranged in blocks
of a general arabasque pattern, the
whole presenting a unity of designs
that is maryelously symmetrical,
and a blending and shading of colOrS
that is artistic in the highest degree.
Only an artist with a firm, bold
hand, q quick, accurate eye and q
true perception of the harmonies of
art, could have made it. Some Of
the pieces are mere shreds in size,
and none of them are large. With
these materials are displayed taste
and judgment, and the result is not
merely a quaint quilt but an ara.
basque in art.
The blending of the colors is the
most admirable feature of the
whole work. The arrangement of
the pieces is equally satisfactory.
The general result obtained is con
sequently artistic. Two OF the
squares contains piece of brocade
silk, Of the now fashionable color,
crushed strawberry. 1t came from
the wedding dress Of Mrs. Mulford's
great grandmother, and is 10 years
old. Another square contains a
fragment of her own wedding dress.
Still another holds q small section
of her husbands wedding vest, one
of those patterns in light silk which
were fashionable before the war and
which having gone out of fashion,
has been replaced by nothing half
so elegant either in texture or in
| style. Again, another block has a
piece of wedding dress of Mrs.
| Mulford's bridesmaid, Miss Sher.
ron, with her initials worked
in it. This is the only block in the
whole quilt which Mrs. Milford did
not work with her own hands. Hun
dreds of these pieces were sent tC
Mrs. Milford by her friends. One
block is called the Beach block, be
cause the wife of the Hon. Lewis
Beach, of New York contribute
most of the pieces in it. The pre-
dominant colors here are purple
crimson, black, light blue, green anC
others. In one corner crescent
moon, attended by stars, CLEANS on
from a field Of blue In the centr,
acluster of leaves are beautifully
worked. Very much of the work il
difficult needle work, done by Mrs
Milford. Many of the pieces have
various designs painted on them BY
the same lady, whose abilities as al
artist are highly appreciated by he
friends.
Another block contains a piece o
Thomas JeffersOn's carriage lining
} which, despite that Presidents wei
known democracy, was Of silk. Thu
Japanese embassy sent anothe
block. On one of the pieces in thi
block is painted the minister's nam,
in the strange, uncouth Japanes
characters. Mrs. Malone sent som,
pieces, which were arranged in {
handsome block. In this occur
one of the few pieces of velvet il
the quilt. One block contains
piece on which is scratched life
like sketch of the fox and the storl
|, at the famous dinner where the fo,
was worsted. The expression givel
, to the expectant but disappointed
i fox is perfect. He is sitting on hi
/ launches, licking his chops, Will
: the stork, with his bill
t deep into the narrow-necket
lug, seems to say brisk,
and Hospitality, Help yourself
! Brother Reynard In anothersquar
the sagacious starting is droppin!
into the pitcher the pebbles tina
| | will enable him finally to take
I drink. In one block is a piece o
silk from the curtains of the Whit
4 House. Some of the blocks have il
l them pieces of silk which are no
made in this country. Mr.. Lam
: bert, the silk manufacturer of PateI
son, n. j., in importing pattern
.. from England has sent samples t.
. Mrs. Milford to be worked in tn
D quilt. Mr.. Lambert was so strucl
by the crushed strawberry silk o
ITO years ago chat he manufactured
D a quantity exactly like it. In on
. of the squares Little Boy Blue i
blowing his horn, in all the glory o
T. the Kensington stitch. and il
J another a little girl on stile seem
! to be in doubt which sid
q of the fence to come dow
}, off. A very elegant block contain
!. | a piece OF imported English silk, il
which perfect strawberry. with
cap still on, appeals to the eye TO
approval of its perfect shape. On
i. block holds number of elephants
Another has DieceS sent bV Senate