Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-10
q. LOVELY SILKS.
Beautiful Patterns and Shades for
Spring and Summer Wear.

d spring ana wear.
The new silks and satins FOR spring
and summer suggest in their splendid
mingling of soft tiuts and rich shades
and arabesque intricacv Of patterns an
Arabian Night dream OF luxury, says
the New York Tribunc. Though soft
Damascan weaves OF silk furnish the
motif for the new goods, they are not
mere copies OF bygone goods; the manu-
facturer of to-day has stamped on them
his w individuality OF make, produce
ing Il silk that can be said TO belong dis
tinctively to the present. The rich
faillc Franchise silks are II weave dating
back but a few years and have been UNI
usually popular because they are etlec-
tive and durable. Armurc silks con-
tinue to be used. especially in stripes
with satin or taille Franchise; and satin
and gros grain silks are shown IN the
merchants pattern books. Most of
the new brocades are on n striped
ground composed of two or three of
these different wcaves OF silks, over
which II brocaded pattern is thrown
in rich Oriental arabcsqucs or French
flower designs.
Oriental silks are extensively pro-
duced for combination with soft fine
cashmeres and other woods, for evening
dress ut watering-place dances, and for
other full-dress occasions when made up
in combination with plain silk or
Oriental gauzes or silk muslins. Be
sides these Oriental patterns are shown
the quaintest reproductions OF
the old-time brocaded silks on
plaided and striped ground: or cross
barred silks, in which II flower garland
forms the pattern; or n striped silk
striped with rose garlands in large fine
designs. Some of,the new brocadcs are
woven on n fancy herring bone armure
ground, which is effective, throwing
the design of the silk in relief. Rose
leaves and roses with thorny stems,
long-stemlned marcissi, and great Jap
anese chrysanthcmums, with their
curled petals, are used in French bro
cades over pale striped satins and gros-
grain grounds Of lemon yellow, in that
brighter shade of pure yellow called by
the French ''beatcn gold, and in rose
tints, n favoritc color this season, rival
ing Nile green for evening. Rose col
ors are especially lovely in satin, the
lustrous surface of which softens what
would be otherwise too pronounced Il
color.
Pale pink s%atins, with silvcry sheen,
are especially beautiful embroidered
with silver threads. Nile green,
cream, white, and yellow satin are sim
iliarly shot with metal threads and en-
broidered with gold or silver. These
rich metal embroidered brocades are in
tended for only small portions of h
costume-usually the tablicr front and
accessory trimmings. The other bro
cades frequently form the chief part Of
evening dresses, and are made in COM
binatiOn with plain silk and often
draped with lace and gauzcs. For sim
pie silk house gowns and for those OF
black silk the PLAIN silk forms the prin-
cipal part OF the gown. the brocaded
silk being only introduced as accessory.
The use Of more pronounced COlOrs.
the prominence of rose shades ranging
from pale rose-pink to a deep shade OF
Camilla color, and the use Of black and
old-fashioncd ashes of roses and mode
shades as foils for bright colors in
plaids and stripes are novel features OF
the season. There are some brocades
with a simple tracery of silk threads
raised on Il satin or armurc ground.
Thus a pattern in black is wrought over
a Camille rose, pale biue-green or other
ground. forming a deep border OF one
selvedge and Il narrow II on the other,
with two or three fine lines which look
rs if they were wrought by the needle
between. a breadth or more of these
broderie patterns is used as drapery
with plain material, or is mingled in
some effective manner showing both
selvedges. Some beautiful black satins
for dowager gowns are embroidered on
one selvedge in gold or copper with n
border of great fan-like lotus flower
leaves. A little of this brocadc will
give splendid effect to Il heavy gown of
solid black satin made for dinner ware.