International studio (27.1905/1906(1906))

Austrian Lace Schools


PILLOW-LACE DESIGN ED BY FRAU HRDLICKA
EXECUTED BY PUPILS AT KÖNIGSBERG (BOHEMIA)





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DESIGNS FOR MACH INE-MADE BY FRÄULEIN HOFMANNINGER
EMBROIDERY AND HE KR LEDNIANSKY

Central Lace Schools,
would be numbered among
the unemployed. The
fashion of the hour is never
allowed to interfere with
the staple lace and em-
broidery trades of the
old industrial districts—
Egerland, the Erzgebirge,
the Bohemian Wolds, East
Bohemia, Silesia, Galicia,
Carniola, the Coast Land,
North and South Tyrol,
and, since the lace revival,
Dalmatia. More than forty
thousand women are en-
gaged in making these sorts
alone. The particular kind
which happens to be in
vogue is taught in other
districts. The authorities
of the Central Schools are
always on the look-out for
possible changes in the
mode, the teachers are
eager to extend their know-
ledge, and their pupils are
equally anxious to learn,
for in this they see an
agreeable and sure means of
earning a living. The finish-
ed work is sent to Vienna
for sale, where a special