International studio (18.1902/1903)

COLLAR IN FtLLOW LACE DESIGNED BY FRAULEIN HOFMANNINGER
EXECUTED BY TIIE IMPERIAL ROYAL
SCHOOL OF LACE-MAKING, VIENNA

towards reviving it in Austria, as did Queen Mar-
garita in Itaiy. It was they who, in their respec-
tive countries, by setting a noble example, en-
couraged the humbte workers, not oniy by giving
orders, but by setting the fashion ; and since that
time—the seventies—the fashion has remained.
The Empress piaced herseif at the head of a com-
mittee of high-born ladies piedged to wear Austrian
iace, and so set the exampie to others. At the present
time the Archduchess Maria Theresa takes a warm
interest in the art of lace-making, and heips in
every way possibie; though, being a widow, it is
not permissibie, according to Austrian Court
etiquette, for her to hoid any pubiic position, no
matter what the character of it may be.
But, in spite of fashion, no change was made in
the patterns tiii Ave years ago, when modern art
"awoke one day to find itseif famous." Professor
Hrdiicka succeeded Hofrath Storck as teacher at
the Kunst Gewerbe Schule, and to him is due
the merit of giving the incentive to netv creations,
his wife, Mathiide Hrdiicka, and Frauiein Hot-
manninger composing the designs for the "new
school." A special a/^&7* was arranged for them in
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the Austrian Museum. There they design the pat-
terns, and there they are copied and sent to the
various Royal schoois in the Crown Lands and
provinces of Austria under the direction of the
Austrian Museurn. These designs are first sent
to the Imperiai Royal Lace Schools, where the
making of point-iace is taught by Frau Pieyer and
piilow-iace by Frau Jamnig. These ladies work-
out the patterns, seek for and evoive new stitches,
and teach them to the students in training that they
may spread their knowledge. These students are
at absoiuteiy no expense for their training, aii being
paid by Government, and neither the " Centrai "
Schooi nor the sister ones can even boast a
prospectus.
The products of the New Austrian technique in
lace were seen for the first time at the Paris Exhibi-
tion of 1900, where the lace exhibited was accorded
universai praise, and the ,g*7*a7z<f y57-;T was awarded
to it.
In designing, neither Frau Hrdiicka nor Frauiein
Hofmanninger are deterred by any probable
difhculties in the executing of their patterns. The
fan in point lace here reproduced, designed