DOI Heft:
Nr. 117 (December 1902)
DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: Some modern austrian pillow and point lace
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19877#0183
Modern Austrian Lace
by Fraulein Hofmanninger, at once shows the new bud is so separated from the other that the con-
departure from beaten tracks. The large amount tours can be distinctly recognised, while the firm-
of openwork requires a very delicate and subtle ness and exactness of the lacemaker is such as can
hand, such as can only be met with in the best- only be found in trained workers ; and much is
trained workers, for they must also possess artistic due to the fact that the women must learn to draw
feeling for the work they are carrying out, and be and understand what they are reproducing with
in touch with the designer. The holes are made their needles. The lace by Frau Hrdlicka is beauti-
in much the same way as in needlework, but with fully conceived and executed ; the delicate leaves
this difference : that instead of working on the are made of the very finest of cottons, and they
pattern, cutting out the hole first, the worker has are thrown into relief by the heavy blossoms. On
to form her holes by means of thread and then sew examining this Austrian lace, one is struck by such
over on that foundation, her only guide being regularity of stitches as is rarely to be met with,
the traced pattern before her. The hardest These contours are wonderfully even and well
work of all is in keeping the stitches firm and curved, never running to an irregular point or being
regular—a difficulty very few can even imagine, unevenly sewn, such as is often the case in old
The veining and contour of the leaves constitute lace. One sees this again in a fan by Fraulein
another arduous task. In old lace the contours Hofmanninger. The bold woodruff, standing out
are flat; here they are raised, the effect being gained from the waves of fine dainty grass, is a beautiful
by applying the technique of embroidery to lace— thought; the lace-maker too has done her share ; for,
i.e. by working over a layer of threads. The spite of the intricacies of the design, there is an
stems are formed by a number of lines placed very
close together, instead, as in old lace, of being only
one line. This gives an added beauty, and is also
more true to nature. Another departure, which
will be recognised on examining the patterns here re-
produced, is that, instead of filling in the outlines of
leaves and flowers with a variation of stitches, they
are made on the net, so as to form a delicate back-
ground to the bold designs. In the fan designed by
V. Suchomel, the pattern is—by the vigour and
beauty of design and execution, showing, as it does,
a perfect harmony between artist and executant—
an original and effective piece of work. Each
CORNER OF TABLE CLOTH
IN PILLOW LACE
DESIGNED BY FRAULEIN HOFMANNINGER
EXECUTED BY THE IMPERIAL ROYAL
SCHOOL OF LACE-MAKING, VIENNA
by Fraulein Hofmanninger, at once shows the new bud is so separated from the other that the con-
departure from beaten tracks. The large amount tours can be distinctly recognised, while the firm-
of openwork requires a very delicate and subtle ness and exactness of the lacemaker is such as can
hand, such as can only be met with in the best- only be found in trained workers ; and much is
trained workers, for they must also possess artistic due to the fact that the women must learn to draw
feeling for the work they are carrying out, and be and understand what they are reproducing with
in touch with the designer. The holes are made their needles. The lace by Frau Hrdlicka is beauti-
in much the same way as in needlework, but with fully conceived and executed ; the delicate leaves
this difference : that instead of working on the are made of the very finest of cottons, and they
pattern, cutting out the hole first, the worker has are thrown into relief by the heavy blossoms. On
to form her holes by means of thread and then sew examining this Austrian lace, one is struck by such
over on that foundation, her only guide being regularity of stitches as is rarely to be met with,
the traced pattern before her. The hardest These contours are wonderfully even and well
work of all is in keeping the stitches firm and curved, never running to an irregular point or being
regular—a difficulty very few can even imagine, unevenly sewn, such as is often the case in old
The veining and contour of the leaves constitute lace. One sees this again in a fan by Fraulein
another arduous task. In old lace the contours Hofmanninger. The bold woodruff, standing out
are flat; here they are raised, the effect being gained from the waves of fine dainty grass, is a beautiful
by applying the technique of embroidery to lace— thought; the lace-maker too has done her share ; for,
i.e. by working over a layer of threads. The spite of the intricacies of the design, there is an
stems are formed by a number of lines placed very
close together, instead, as in old lace, of being only
one line. This gives an added beauty, and is also
more true to nature. Another departure, which
will be recognised on examining the patterns here re-
produced, is that, instead of filling in the outlines of
leaves and flowers with a variation of stitches, they
are made on the net, so as to form a delicate back-
ground to the bold designs. In the fan designed by
V. Suchomel, the pattern is—by the vigour and
beauty of design and execution, showing, as it does,
a perfect harmony between artist and executant—
an original and effective piece of work. Each
CORNER OF TABLE CLOTH
IN PILLOW LACE
DESIGNED BY FRAULEIN HOFMANNINGER
EXECUTED BY THE IMPERIAL ROYAL
SCHOOL OF LACE-MAKING, VIENNA