New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
Real Flowers Are Models For German
 Countess Who Paints With Needl

New York, Jan. 1.-The needle can be mighty as the painters brush. 1 1t seems. in reproducing nature faith fully in all it's gorgeous color
 An aristocratic, little G4-yeur-olI German countess in the BavarlaH 1 Alps proved this by new ombroid- cry she has introduced. Some of her exquisite flower pieces have just ar rived in America and will be put on i exhibition.
 They arc done from life, free hand with colors piled upon colorS until the effect gives depth. richness changing hues and a certain life likeness that is quite deceptive.
 Il is the Countess von Zedlitz of . Had Kissengcn, Germany. who ere ated this new ncodleWork. She works exactly like q painter with | lis palette and brushes with her ldodel before her. H big piece of linen, velvet or silk at hand like a great new canvas upon which she portrays what she secs. She never sketches in any pattern to go by. Every line, every bit or color Is done GlItCL lfONl HdlUi''
 Noted as Hostess
 Before the war the Countess Non Icdlitz's castle was known for it's .bountcous hospitality. The Countess herself ncyed in those aristocra'c circles that had so full Tiff" she had no time nor thought for needle work.
 Rut rcvcrScs came with the War, And great distress of mind over the changing Europe. She was nearing |5U. It was hard to rCadinst herself to q now order after q half-c'ntury of the old.
 One summers day, as she sat list Jess. her children brought her q bug armful of wild flowers that they had gathered in the woods for her. These riotously colorful posi2s caught and held her attention by tine gay beauty they so Wanton}y tiaunt- t,d Shc bcCom" obsCss"d with tn idea that if she could only catch and hold that color her mind could be Woanel from dwelling on the horrors of war; the devastating things that were happening to all that she knew and loved
 She could not paint, though hcI cousin, the famous Reinhardt, had often suggested lessons, because of Ter naturally artistic eye. But she could ombroider. As child she had learned d multitude of stitches.
 Prom the attic she got old pieces Of material, old silk floss. odd bl,. lJ cid needles. That very day she mad a single wild lose. the next forget 'lnc-not. The work consumed her , Shc worked fevcrishly. like an artis , who co,ld not lay down his brushes
 Before long her tree-hand cm broid"ry had produced q small nose gay of flowers that was astonishing in its beauty and naturalness. From the first "freo-hand sewing of roscgay from life" tho Countess hd 'cNprrmcntod until now she make g wide variety of exquisite piece Ithat have been used for framiu@ like a picture, for scrconcs, for pil lows. bags. table covers. shades museum chairs. She has invented technique all her own. using cottol wool and silk and building petal up " cn petal until there are grHdud '' tions of color from the briEhtv> highliShts to the deepest shadow n and a certain fluid beauty suGgcstlN ] ol flowers in summer zcphyrs.
 Work Widely Praised ! Her work has received real ac ]. claim in the past few years EN hibitions have been held in tn museums of Munich, Hamburg. Bel lin and pieces have been purchase ,- hv such notablcs as Princess Hoi mine, Baroness Rothchiid of Iarl v, Count Nonigsmark, the Guggtr
 helms of Germany. and the NoDPls ( 'r sweden. and now some of her thIn,
 have been brought here for eNhiD
 ton.
 N From the rostive, bitter disillusiol 't mcnt sine felt q dozen years ago, 1T '' Countess has built up d peace Wlthl u herself that she feels is entirely dl 9n to her needleWork. Of the value {
 nccdlework to women she has muC VI to say. This artistic expression GiH' n. infinite satisfaction. she asserts.
 can be T way of salvation for a to1
 mind.