New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-08
ANCIENT STITCHER1
Relics of a Lost Art Sho5cn az
Teachers College.

Whatever ths cause nav %, lack 90
leisure lack 81 interest or something else.
certain II IS that the art OF embroidery
belongs 20 another century This fact "a
vivfdlv impressed upon the mind b. visit
70 the exhibit Of artistic embroidery which
opened yesterday morning in the Teachers
College Educational Museum All the mod
srn invention cannot hope To maze a square
inch as perfect a. these quilts. pillow cases
and sh1vls. which we're made as long ~
four hundred years ago by mon and ~orn-
en- who tcilsd wita their hands alone. For
the men used TO efIbroiGer IN the olden
times a. well a. tiIe women Many a tine
they worked on tho finest linens and silks.
with only the uneven flicker % a candle
to give them light.
This exhibit means. said me curator
OF the museum. not only hours but li5 -
Of human toll and labor, and lost eyssiEns
and crooked backs
In The collection ~ Professor DeruIan
Ross. or Harvard University, which - hss
. given TO the college there are ssmpiss -
Italian Rhodian. Russian and Indian zors.
All done in bright reds. with 4 close back
ground made with the "tentstitch-' Thos-
from india have pieces OF glass set IN VIA
a buttouhoie stitch and silk taszels III sFerT
possible color around the edge
4 collection OF sleeve bands ~crD ~
the nesSan.S from various lands are oc
great interest TO-DAY. since the patterns
will doubtless be adopted b drsssnla-sSrs
who are making their gowns IN the peasant
style
TAose from Dainatia conOtne odd. dDh
r1aaez in red. brown and yellow thozs
e-o,7, Turkey are seUed alike on both sides
and the Chinese ones have large flowers IN
ecss silk or s-rim. in vivid reds. blues sni
green's or tiny fish, men, flowers and BEAST
inserted in circles and gayly dancing their
vav around the sleeve
The peasant lace IS no less attractive Inan
the sleeve borders a bridal ven rom Hun
-arv is made Of the finest net applique lace
which must have taken 50 long 10 Hlahs
that il Is a marvel any man vas parlenl
enough To wait for the maiden 10 finish II
The makers OF lace in Paraguay sT1dently
eruulafed the spider in the weaving OK
their threads
collection OF shoes IT the furthest cor
nor shows elaborate samples that put tas
American products to shame gorgeous
7-,,rkisb patr has long pointed toes that
curve upward and are tipped Win
hug. silk fringed pompons- They are coz
cred with gorgeous beadvurk, but, even
so thev- are ecIpsed by the red velvet Slip
rArs from south America that are sewn
viii, silver threads and inIaid with mother
of-pearI-
Among the other c1riositiss OF -specIal
interest are robes OF state once worn ny
Jspauese and Chinese women. q linen ned
Quilt covered with suHdry grapes leaves
and flowers by a seven-yeaT-oid Coionial
dsnseI: Filipino work on pima CLOTH Tlsd7
of pineapple shreds; some ennroideTeu
pict77res that look like oil paintings anu
two gorgeous cashmere shawls-
.r,or- those who have loaned exhibits
.ra Mrs. Oliver Bronson. Miss Mary Cham
berlin and Miss Grace Dodge The EXHIBIT
will Be open every day until March . rom
m 1870 O'Clock in the morning and from
70 ; o'clock in the afternoon