Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

for many centuries lost. In 1887 1t was re-
vived by Nine. Hansen of Norway and fostered
by the Norwegian government, with the I'M
Outstanding that only impoverished ladies of
nobility would be permitted to take it up Later
this restriction was removed, and a pupil of
Nine. Hansen-Mme Berthea ASke Bergh-
made 1t known to the American public.
Miss Crawford studied under Nine. Berg,
weaving for time under her direction. She
uses only imported woods prepared in Norway
with Norwegian dyes. Her loom is of the high
warp" variety. No bobbinS Shuttles or treadles
are used, but each stitch is made by the fingers.
It IS a lock-stitch process, which renders the
design similar on both sides and is said to
make the fabric most durable.
Miss Crawford has set up her loom tempo
rariy in the Corcoran Gallery, where her
hibit is shown, and she is working at present
upon design of penguins brought from Nor
way. The cartoon is placed under the threads
and is copied accurately the work progresses.
This method is quite different from the tap
estry weaving of Belgium and France, where
the worker wove in reverse and from the under
side.
For the most part, Miss Crawford's weavings
are small in dimension. The largest of those
shown at the Corcoran Gallery at the present
time are probably the panels for screen-land-
scape subjects She usually chooses, true to
tradition, pictorial themes, and has done, with
Photographic accuracy, pictures in this unusual
medium of st. Johns Church, Mount Vernon
the Washington Cathedral and other we'll
known landmarks
But she has developed on her own initiative
an interesting type of weaving, that of heraldic
emDlems, coats OF arms. The idea occurred to
her during her study of old Flemish tapestries
and she has been most successful in develop
ing it. For large firm of decorators in Phila-
delphia she has executed number of COM
missions for heraldic panels. She has also had
commissions from numerous private families
In the present exhibition she shows no less
than six Of these interesting coats of arms
one of the Page family.
Among her pictorial subjects in the present
showing is a spirited Interpretation of a polo
game and very interesting bell pull in con-
Ventlonal design peculiarly suitable to the me-
dunn; besides, quaint and interesting pic
torial subject decoratively rendered in the style
of ancient work, The Lady and the Unicorn"
This collection Is very effectively shown in
the sculpture gallery, on the first floor of the
Corcoran Gallery to the left of the main stair
case. 1t will continue through February 3d.
A T the Arts Club 2017 street other inter-
estlng wall hangingS will be placed on
view this afternoon. These are silk murals by
Lydia BuSh-Brown (A1rs. Francis Head for
merly Of this city. The process by which these
beautiful hangings is produced is known as
batik, but the artist has found in this medium
such free expression that the work has few
of the earmarks of that known by this name
Lydia Bush-Brown has not only great origi-
nality, but a remarkably keen sense of deco
rative effects, and although she employs to
an extent the modern mode of expression, her
work never lacks inherent beauty. Her color
is peculiarly charming, her style dignifed gra-
cious and essentially her own. Some of the
subjects that Lydia Bush-Brown has chosen to
interpret are the skyscrapers of New York;
others are rural scenes in Italy, in the Near
East and In our own Central America-widely
diverse in character, but completely In har-
mony because alike possessed Of the charm g.