Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

not made up of something belonging to the
silk family-entirely of silk-where seasons
previous they would have been a composite
of silk and wool. Enter store to-day in
search of something the most admissible for
reception or visiting wear and you will he
shc wn silks, ,velvets and tissues of every make
i color, manv of them so stiff in their own
conceit as to fairly stand alone. You will
| find brocades so rich in texture that, could
your worthy ancestors see, they would gaze
round-eyed with awe and wonder at such
, fruit of the loom, while they, per force,
wrought such effect by the slow, but none
the less artistic process Of hand work.
THEIR NAMES AND DESIGNS.
These brocades come to us christened the
Old English, Arabesque, Paris, Pompadour,
Empire and Queen Bess after the good
queen who is chronicled TO have been richer
in such robes than any other sovereign, but
whom we believe could have enriched her
store at a modern counter. The richest of
these brocades are in gold or silver weave,
in large designs. some of them so ancient
that Mrs. Partington would be certain they
had "come down from remote antipathy."
However, it is paradoxically true that the.
Oldest in these designs are newest. We still
have all the fower patterns, but copied from
the largest flowers, such as dahlias, tulips,
astors, etc.-then wheels within wheels, and
scroll-work. Three of this school of tin
sci weave, particularly, merit special
mention, each one as gratifying to
the vision as is q pleasing picture.
One design of long, lnterlacing gold
leaves on white ground was an exquisite re-
minder of the gown worn by Mrs. Cleveland
upon the occasion of her last reception at
the White House. The entire petticoat was
OF the gold brocade, while the paniers, long
vatican train and baby waist were of the
richest white faille franchise. The train
was appended to the yoke which finished
the low neck, and which was heavily en-
broidered in gold to match the petticoat
This yoke was unique in cut, leaving deep
point in front which extended to the waist
line, and little point on each shoulder
which formed Y in the center of the tiny
puff which constituted the sleeve. A heavy
gIrdle of braided or plated gold cord, with
tassels, knotted carelessly near the middle
of the skirt front, and which reached almost
to skirt-hem, completed this regal costume.
A DESIGN OF FROZEN LONELINESS.
Another of the same design, but in silver
weave, is indescribable so far as conveyinga
correct idea of such frosted perfection in
QreSS gOOOs goes, Dut is comparable to the
glittering designs left by Jack upon our
window panes, who, with his frosty breath,
must have assisted our designer to execute
his idea of frozen loveliness upon this par
ticular piece. In way of garniture for these
elegant fabrics we are shown Grecian meifan
gaIoon of gold or of silver in walls of Troy,
or of Eifel point pattern, also meifan gold
or silver fringe all depths.
The third in this galaxy of brocades is a
light olive resade with three-inch stripe OF
gold bars, large, waving leaves, long and
slender and correspondingly graceful, these
in gold, and thrown with artistic Irregular
ity over bars and ground alike. This fabric
is suggestive of the Nile and the manner
and times of the Pharaohs. 1t is the correct
thing for an Egyptian costume, the latest
fad among fashionable extremists in Eastern
cities, which has been adopted out of COM
pliment, SO said, to the gifted Egyptologist
Miss Amelia B. Edwards.
FOR A MODERN CLEOPATRA.
Suppose an Allegheny or a Pittsburg
Cleopatra model gown after this concep-
ton: Let the loose waist, long flowing
sleeves and train be OF the olive resade; |
sleeves and train lined with Egyptian red;
petticoat of old rose Persian silk, with deep |
vandyked foot-band embroidered in gold |
and Oriental colors; yoke of the waist of |