Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-24
LADIES' CRAZY QUILT.
BLOCKS OF VARIOUS MATERIALS
AND FORMS.
Hints About Dress-Personal Adorn-
ment-Stray Fashion Notes
and Home Talk.
EVENING TOILETS.

One of the fabrics preferred for ball
| dresses this winter, says an Eastern fashion
writer, is gauze tulle. We have taken
note of very pretty toilet composed Of
this material; the skirt is covered with
very narrow full-gathered founces, alter
mating with small putfings, which slightly
raise the tiounces. \ very ample tunic,
gathered round the waist, forms tablier
which spreads itself out fan-wise in front :;
at the back the tunic forms numerous hol-
low plaits, and is slightly draped up. The
bodice is of Ottoman, matched in color to
the gauze tulle; it is round-waisted, but
worn with a sash which comes down into
a point in front, and is tied behind into a
large bow with long loops, which fall over
a short but voluminous puff. The bodice
is gathered round the waist like the skirt,
and spreads out toward the shoulders in
hollow plants a la Grecque. These plaits
are cornered down at the top showing a
ruche of Ottoman ribbon inside. Very
short sleeve, crossed over outside A
wreath of apple-blossoms follows the out
lines of the tablier as far as the puff. Clus-
ter of the same flowers upon the left
shoulder Cockade bow of Ottoman rib
bon upon the right shoulder Caehepeigne
of the same flowers put on across the knot
Of hair at the back.
Young ladies also wear for evening par
ties dresses of creamy white or pale blue
Or pink yelling, covered with from fifteen
to twenty narrow founces scalloped out
round the edge, and worked in buttonhole
stitch with silk of the same color as the
material the bodice is cut low a la VERGE,
with gauze chemisette The sleeves are
semilong when the bodice is not cut low
down to the shoulders, and quite short
| when the bodice is thus cut.
For ball-dresses very light gauzes are
embroidered in open-work and worked
round in scallops upon all the outlines :;
there are also very fine tulles with patterns
in blonde, guipure or point lace; such pat
terms are also frequently worked in APP
plique over covered silk, without any tulle
foundation. The following is pretty
combination; the skirt is of hortensia-
colored glace silk. HortenSia is a shade
something between pink, gray and lilac,
a very soft, uncertain tint, such as fashion
loves nowadays. Round the foot Of the
skirt there is thick pinked-out ruche. The
skirt is entirely covered with patterns of
silk blonde artistically arranged over them
and so beautifully worked they seem to
hold on by magic. 4 Louis XIV tunic,
similar to the skirt, and edged with small
pinked-out ruche is draped very much at
the back, joining the puff, which is formed
by the lengthening of the back of the
bodice The low-necked bodice is edged
with very thick chaplet of hortensia-
blossoms gathered from their stems and
threaded together Sleeves trimmed with
similar chaplet and 4 ruche of tulle
Very high couture, with an hortensia-
blossom fastened in the knot of the hair
Shoes matching the dress, with moderately
pointed toes, trimmed with a cockade bow
Of the same material, pinked out at the
edge. Gloves Of light-colored unglazed
kid
Velvet, both plain and stamped, or bro
caded, is much used in combination with
gauze, lace and embroidered tulle. Gauze
bodices have facings Of velvet which, being
turned down, take the place of bertha
Similar facings are placed upon the short
sleeves, and bows Of velvet ribbon to match
are placed here and there among the folds
and draperieS of the dress.
PRECIOUS STONES AND METALS.
Diamonds still maintain high rank
among the flowers of the mineral king
dom, but they no longer sparkle and SHIN
mer alone. With them mingles the SHIN
mer of pearls-the rosy pearl of the East,
the lustrous pure white, the shifting lights
Of the opalescent the metallic luster of the
Panama, the golden pearl Of China, copper,
bronze tinted, and black pearls. These
are exquisitely arranged in tieur de lis
pendant of diamonds; the coronet, consist
ing of five pearls-pink, golden, green,
opalascent and gray-is in high relief on
the dazzling background. In another
pendant is set an enormous cat's-eye Of
twenty-five carats, with shades of olive
and other green tints. This is surrounded |
by twelve large diamonds A beauty in
simplicity Is a three-leaved clover formed |
of sapphire, golden as the sun, a ruby |
spinele, and a tourmalne, cool and green, |
as if caught from the crest of a wave; each |!
of these is surrounded by a Gordon OF small /
diamonds. In the center Of the diamond |
shaped pendant, in 4 square frame of large !
diamonds. is set a superb sapphire of in |
tense blue 4 magnificent ix-pointed star |
Of diamonds has Z ruby in the center, and |
is crossed by a crescent ofrubies that passes ,
over four OF the diamond points. A cres-
cent Of satin-tin.shed gold is all aglitter |
with a Cats-eye star ruby and emerald |
alternating with diamonds deliberately |
wrought from a lustrous moonstone is a !
small owl with ruby eyes, and pendant
OF large size shows the face of the man-in-
the-moon, set in a glittering star of dia-
monds.
Amongneckiaecs ofextraordinary beauty /
IS one in which superb sapphires Of from
two to eight carats are set solid in dia-
monds separated by smaller diamonds. \
bracelet bears in relief rose, gray and
bronze pearls Of large size surrounded by
diamonds, and another of fine gold chain
work is set with pearl showing wonder
tul coloring in dashes of FIERY red contrast
ing with opalescent shades of green and
tawny brown, also gray and pure white
pearl rs pendant is suspended steel-grav, +
pear-shaped pearl dropping from dja-
mond. y pair OF earrings set with dia-
monds have pendants of the same style Of
greeniSh-crimson pearls. Among the cur
Gus tavorably comparing with these Won
dertul pearls Is ring set with large
brown diamond shot with golden fire. This
is surrounded by diamonds
Less costly but none the less attractive.
are other articles de luxe, such as gold
enameled sets of pins and earrings; 4
curving stem Of gold bears a wild rose OF
pale pink enamel with diamond dew-drop
in the heart, and diamond shines in the
notified pistils Of a white enameled Mar
guerite. An antique knot of fine gold is
studded with 4 sunken diamond, sapphire
and ruby. Curved leaves of nugget gold
ore set with precious stones in relief also
sunken. A monster spider of nugget gold
gIitters all over with gems; its eyes are
diamonds. The hilt of dagger is made
of platina wire, pearl is set in the top,
and three pearls are in the cross-bar A
odd nngget cigar-cmtter IS sci with an |