Studio: international art (56.1912)

Studio-Talk

FANS IN FLANDERS LACE AND NEEDLEPOINT BY IRENE D’OLSZOWSKA

Femme” at Brussels,

and already the results
achieved have been re-
markable. In a recent

exhibition visitors were

able to admire an in-
teresting collection of de-
signs for lace together with
the actual work of the

pupils, and at the same
time a scarf in Malines
lace executed to the designs
of Mile. Irene D’Olszowska,
in fulfilment of a commis-
sion which the society
“ Les Arts de la Femme ”
received from Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium.
The scarf was intended for
presentation to Mme.
Fallieres as a souvenir of
her visit to Paris, and her
Majesty, who takes an
especial interest in this
revival of the lace in-
dustry in Belgium, ordered
it to be worked after

ment of the art has been
brought about by the
smallness of the wages
earned, owing to the com-
petition of machine-made
lace; but this competition
can only affect the output
of hand-made lace of com-
mon design and inferior
workmanship. Machine-
made lace can do nothing
against artistic productions
which are original in design
and perfect in technique;
such works require the col-
laboration of designers and
practitioners of the highest
order._

It is with the idea of
training these workers that,
thanks to the initiative of
Mme. Philippson, a new
course of lace-making has
been opened in connection
with “Les Arts de la