Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
LACE MADE oE METAL.
Gold, Silver, Etc, Spun Out Into Fine
Threads and Then Woven.

Gold, Silver, Etc, Spun Out Into Fine
Threads and Then Woven.
In the show window of downtown
store there Is exhibited a sign that
something new under the sun has at
last been discovered and the article
In question Is called metal lace. with
fair samples of II displayed for exam.
nation. That 1t is something new,
however, is only partly true, but In
the new forms In which Il Is exhibited
II probably comes as near to a new
thing as is possible.
The metal lace is a product Of the
metal workers art that shows how
skillfully gold, silver platinum, or any
other hard substance can be spun out
and woven into patterns of great del
lcacy. The artisans have practically
made metal lace by spinning the metal
out into very fine threads, and then
woven them by hand into design
which exactly resembles the finest lace.
The patterns are mostly of conven-
tlonal designs, and are taken direct
from lacework, both common and ex'
pensive lace patterns are initiated.
The work Is done in gold, silver,
platinum, white metal and occasionally
In other malleable substances. 1t Is
for the most part laid over back
grounds of solid metal to give 1t an ar
tistic finish. When not attached to
any solid substance 1t is so frail that
a little handling will break 1t.
For ornamentaing lamp shades, stat
uary and metal vases and urns, metal
lace has no superior, and 1t has al
, ready become popular In certain lines
Of trade.
''It will prove serviceable for indoor
decoration in time" explained an ex-
pert workman in metals a few days
ago. Architects to-day are using more
and more metal. This is all due to the
cheapening processes Of manufacture
ing the different metals, and to the
skill of the workman in fashionin2
them In artistic forms. Now metal
lace is something that follows along
this same line of improvement. Here
Is the very acme of metal workman.
ship, made so fine and delicate that il
cannot be handled with impunity. Yet
when we lay 1t on the proper back
ground, and fasten it there, 1t should
last as long as the article to which II
Is attached Metal lace will improve
by age. The old, worn look which at.
taches to old brass or gold work comes
In time to metal lace.
"Of course, the kind of metal and
! the nature of the design determine its
price to large extent. We rarely
make it Sc that 1t sells for prices with.
in the range of the poor. 1t is strictly
the rich mans ornament. Here is
some gold lace which we can sell for
$500 yard. and we have had some
that retailed at $1,000 yard. | guess
that Is about the most expensive lace
in the market. Even your genuine old
point lace will have to take back
seat when the finest specimens of gold
lace are exhibited Silver lace. OF
course, is CORRESPONDENCE cheaper.
Gold makes the best patterns" said
| Times, because 1t is possible to spin
| it out to the finest thread Imaginable
| and at the same time it proves strong
and tenacious. 1t is consequently cas-.
Ter to work this metal up into delicate
| lace. Platinum spreads out into very
fine thread, and we have it here
woven of cotton or linen. Here are
platinum threads which you can hardly
see with your eyes, and, when woven
into lace, the effect is about as cob.
webby as you can imagine anything.
But these cobwebs of metal are as
bright and FURNISHED as If the sun had
suddenly broken out upon them"