New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-04
ALIVING IN EMBROIDERY
MRS. KELLOGG TELLS OF HER SUCCESS
IN THE OCCUPATION.
IF A WOMAN HAS ORIGINALITY AND WILL WORK
SHE CAN EARN A GOOD HOME
WITH THE NEEDLE.

WITH THE NEEDLE.
Perhaps the only woman who has accumulated
really large fortune by hand embroidery is Mrs
Clara Louise Kellogg OF WestheId. Mass. In these
days OF sewing machines and embroidery factories
the story of a making good living with
her needle is entirely out Of the ordinary
There two hundred ernbroiderers in all
parts Of the United States who aid Mrs. Kellogg
in the execution of her work She makes her own
designs and goes to Europe every year for sug
gestions If she finds anything in old tapestry or
furnishings that strikes her as adaptable, she
takes her notebook and makes d sketch 10 be
worked out later. One Of her designs for a sofa
pillow is from the Kensington Museum. and she
made IT number Of years ago. Speaking Of her
work the other day TO a Tribune reporter Mrs.
Kellogg said:
While get my orders through large furnishing
and upholsterfng establishments, my commissions
selves. When a house IS completed, study its
architectural style and finish, and then design
two Hundred girls employed following my dreo
lions select the materials sign and stamp
the patterns and they do the work When the
whole article is finished I examine IL Every
I designed and made the portieres and hang
ngs for the new home Of General Porter IN Wv Nv
York City. | have done several rooms Ior MS MS
Parkhurst. One house in Boston IN wnch nKe
awe S did the curtains hangngs and cushions OF
the Turkish room and the dining room with sew
sets was OF white satin sheeting four and a
aa1r 5 hem four inches wide There was q
bunch Of orchids between each pair OF plates, done
was powdered over with white orchid stems and
petals There was bedroom furnished IN InanOsaIg
bowknots The portieres were of heavy white
satin with pigeon n 66 IN Of F {Re chdre gEG9
the design in orchids. carried out IN PINK ana
During President Cleveland's last term had
some orders from the White House. Ny work IN,
kinds Of embroidered articles. Before the holidays
the demand is always much greater than al other
IN my home all the work is Of Il, my ntG 9TR
TO secure the right shades, and the Work upon me
walls and the cushions and on the chairs ana rGS
is also my handiwork l nave now oeen "orA Al
twenty years and this house and some otner
property some OF "9 mH abor' have PROB
ably worked harder than most women OF y my 1 age
thlnH OF er +zee or four months travel around
among the older cities and pick up all the IDEAS
and suggestions possible for designs men 90
over to South Kensington for few lessons and TO
learn The newest stitches no longer give lessons
because can make more me other v 1ba+ e a
woman has originality and will work she can make
a good living Of embroidery
Mrs. Kellogg's new home has twice been opened
70 the public Great taste has been displayed IN
the arrangenent Of the rooms and their furnish
ings The building contains about sixteen rooms
The two front rooms and the hall ara finished in
old English style. with stained quartered oak
woodwork and hardwood floors The ceilings are
of oak and quite massive. The living room, which
is connected with the hall by a wide opening on
vided with comfortable and commodioUs window
seats Leading from this room is the music room
with rnalachite fittings and furnishings In the
library is a faience fireplace over which are the
words, carved by Mrs Kellogg;
The yfe short
The craft long to learue
In the hall and front rooms the chandeliers
rortiere cranes and irons are OF wrought iron The
rrTsir room Is provided with elegant cut glass
Chandelier. The Flemish dining room Is one OF the
most attractive rooms in the house II has wide
frieZe OF tapestry. Of the most noticeable
decorations on entering the room Is a rare and
elegant display OF all kinds Of foreign china and
crOckery.
Mrs kellogg has collected a large number OF
r,-ios and ether articles which displayed all
over the house. IN the living room the walls are
hung with rnLorted tapestries, representing foreign
scenes The kitchen. with its accoutrements, would
make the heart Of any housewife glad. The second
floor contains various sleeping rooms, bathroom
and large hall ell in antique finish, with one ex-
cepriOu
Mrs Keuogg's office and workrooms are on the
third aoOr The approach to the second and third
doors can ne made By the old English stairway or
more easily by an elevator. Throughout the house
IN the furnishings are 70 be FOUND examples or Mrs
KeIlogg's skill in needleWork