The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-01-31
POPULAR RsMBHRpIIDERIEs.
Pretty Designs That Are Now In Fa-
vor with che Devotees of
Dress.

Inc majority of the embroidered
dresses just now are done on blacl
or ecru lace, though some are on sill
or satin; while a good peau de sole
seems the fayorite make, saws a fash,
ion authority BY lace must be un.
derstood the very wide valenclennes
and other nets turned out by Nor
man and Nottingham looms, many of
which take the entire length of a
skirt and low bodice between the
selvedges They are far too fragile
to be. stretched in frames, and are
Simply tackled over the papers on
which the designs are traced. These
are SO elaborate that several women
work at once on the same dress, or II
would never be finished in time, and
they are generally quite independent
OF the pattern in the net itself Some
lay on straight or sinuous lines Of
black velvet, and others edge them
with gold or silver braid, or with
gold spangles, or tiny crystal beads,
or all three. Vast quantities of fancy
lace braids are also used, and delicate
chainstitch traceries in the finest
gold or silver thread. Many designs
are arranged so as to leave vacant |
medallions, into which most exquisite |
ly embroidered sprays of silken
Howers on gossamer-like gauze are
afterwards introduced All is done by
swift yet dainty fingers that never
make a false or loose stitch, and.
as may be imagined, such work en-
crosses the whole attention, as the
least suspicion of drawing the thread
or puckering would be fatal.
Silken robes are cut and scanned in
% shape and stretched in frames. The
.ayorite ornamentation Just now is
groups of single sprays of roses, both
'ud and blossom, and Just enough TO-
iage to give the graceful touch of
lature, embroidered in such exquisite
hades that they are no doubt often
to be painted. The connect !
ng lines are done in tiny pallettes of
1any sparkling hues, and the flowers
themselves are marvels Of ingenuity. ;
mall petals Of pink or amber satin
re laid on the silk and then covered !,
18th puffed morsels of white or pink
LIZ gossamer gauze to form a raised :
ossom, sometimes centered or caught
1wn with single bead or spangle. !
1t there is no visible stitch. r
Occasionally a chintz gauze is EN- =
Dyed, and to see it in the piece sug-
'sts nothing SO much as a translu- N
Il
mt slice cut out of rainbow. In
e case Of flfe-sized spray Of rose !"
ayes the underlay is green satin,
lied with white gauze, and SO deli
tely yeined and shaded with silk
to give all the effect of water
Ior..
Black and white for half mourning
also in great demand, and the dress
ecuted in lace or gauze, with EN- 9
e designs, in sparkling lines of Jet. Da
< and silver, and with motifs in sel
elk or white satin or velvet, much n.
'rlaid with white silk and fine che n
le, are legion. The materials for :
sc embroideries are got together sch
m all parts of Europe and as care o,c
y collected as curios, or even gems. M !
black lace skirt is covered ~
h a design of punches of lilac and q,
terra leaves, all in black paillettes, II o
very happy combination it is, son
the wisteria foliage is graceful,
that of the lilac is heavy. ST
iguillettes or bangles are con- 2;SO
uous in the trimmings of the day, ia. tIis
they are made separately or in NEE
lps, finished with gold, steel or Jet Ing Ing.
iments. III
rabesque and other desions Pres
ught in the 'dented" pearls that in1 hun
slosely resemble real ones are 6,
h used, and are so maze that they :,
be cut into complete separate II
$. White and biscuit-colored cloths Nell
embroidered in chainstitch with jr.as '
and tinsel threads that are gor- 10 L" a
IS when seen separately, but COM q. N
into a very subdued vet rich = ~ ~ d
ing whole, for the cuffs. lapels -
reyers Of tailor-fnada sro.vr.e