Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-06
LACES OF THE SEASON
RENAISSANCE MOTIFS AND ECRU
THE DOMINANT SHADE.
White and Black Literally Blended
Manifold Uses of En-
broideries.

From the Queen.
The term lace has this year widened it's
significance, SO much of 1t be ng III nded
with muslin and silk embroid ry, and the
modes of lace have taken wide departure.
The ecru shade is the prevalent one, and
distinct motifs of renaissance form, mostly
encadre, are used alone and together for
dresses on skirts and bodices alike. A great
deal of bright gimp is bling employe1 in
pure white alone and in applique on chiffon
and white taffeta, and the latter mat rial
has be en- literally worked with Madeira en-
broidery. Black chenille is introduced into
ecru lace, and large distinct ne patter.: s
are ready for appiqueing. In Tho Sc en-
broideries and in the laces white and bla ok
are literally blended, black on white and
white on black. and there is a new Be-
hemian lace after the order of yak in
which black and white is so mixed that it
becomes gray.
Lace, Silk and Lawn.
There is a good deal Of lace and silk and
ecru lawn embroidered with black spots
and deep ecru shade is very Ike leather,
and figures good deal in conjunction with
black: but perhaps the most distinctive nov
city is the introduction of conventional
colored silk figures on linen, and silk in the
center Of lace and alone. Such embroider-
les sold in strips ready to place at the
head of laces. The patterns go under the
general name of Russian; many of them
recall the Rhodian embroderies that ap-
peared on the fashionable antima ca ssars a
year or two back. The western wCrld Is
most successfully copying the Chinese en-
broideries in soft floss silks which form
the center of many lace motifs, on silk
ground. and gold thread Is often inter-run
with all this coored embroidery, espec ally
in the insertions and detached sprays
White silk and ecru lace combined with
these eastern cohventionalized patterns
make the most effective trimmings for
vests, jackets and evening gowns.
Touches Of Embroidery.
It is an essential point that every gar
ment should show a touch of embroidery,
even on the collars Of many of the cloaks
for day wear. Large, bold, conventional
floral patterns in artistic shades are inter-
woven with silver, and are employed alone
and with silk lace border. Two shades of
blue thus treated recall Chinese robe and
the black and silver are very effective, and
so is the black guipure with silver. There
are great many insertions straight edged
and waved, and there Is decided feeling
for deep points. Across many of the divis-
ible trimmings ribbon Is carried, which is
prettily embroidered, often in Arabesque de-
signs, and occasionally on q background Of
chiffon which Is very soft. All these are
invaluable on coats, tunics and founces.
Continuous circles of soft silk lace about
the size Of half crown are employed as
trimmings around skirts and nantes, and
similar circles of chiffon blended with lace,
most delicately worked, are employed for
full dress garments. Lace with net grounds
is interviewer With color.
Accordion leated Chiffon,
There Is & large range Of lace with the
pattern worked like tambour stitch by a
patent machine on small rneshed net, and
Ia q great many OF the lace patterns the
fine mech ana the large are blended. Ao-
f6rdion- 6leatea CHIFFON has meyer been more