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
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