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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
long, ve shall refer our readers back to these generalities,
whilst affording them exact patterns, and correct stitches for
producing similar articles for themselves.
For the same reason we only briefly notice a very beau-
tiful chair, worked in stripes of Berlin-work, alternated
with the richest maroon-coloured velvet. Some idea may
be formed of the gorgeousness of this chair when we men-
tion that the grounding of the canvas was entirely in gold
tbread, the pattern being in coloured chenilles. "Who is
the exhibitor of this beautiful chair we cannot discover,
neither name nor number being attached to it.
A good deal of beautiful lace is sent by Meiul's heirs
and successors, of Baringen, near Carlsbad, and of "Vienna.
That gentleman was one of the largest manufacturers in
Austria. At one time, great quantities of lace wore made
by the inhabitants of Northern Bohemia for this and other
firms ; but, like our own Buckinghamshire weavers, these
people have been, to a great extent, thrown out of employ-
ment by the discovery of lace-making by machinery. Still,
however, in the mountainous districts, about 12,000 make
their livelihood by the manufacture of lace; and veils, of
a choice and expensive description, are wrought in large
quantities at Milan.
Much of the bobbin-net made in Vienna, and other parts,
is afterwards elaborately embroidered by the hand; and
some beautiful specimens of ladies' dresses, veils, and
handkerchief-borders, is shown by this firm. There are
also some elaborate pieces of embroidery on muslin,
which, had the Swiss work not been already seen, we
should think worthy of high praise. But it is impossible
some few attempts at crochet and Berlin work.
latter style is the one single piece which may be cited as
worthy of commendation.
The exhibitor is Miss M. A. Borgnis, of Boston, XT S
It is a piece of Berlin work, in tapestry stitch, depicting
the Raising of Jairus's Daughter ; and the figures, as well
as the shading of the colours, are really very good—con-
siderably above mediocrity. The figure of Christ, robed
in purple, and with a scarlet mantle, displays these ex-
cellencies to advantage. The scene is taken at the mo-
ment when, in obedience to the Saviour's command, the
young girl is rising from the couch ; and there is really
considerable expression both in her face and attitude,
There are some curious specimens of the work of the
case in the nave—a saddle-
articles, ornamented with porcu-
native Indians, in a
cloak, shoes
other
large
, and
pines' quills and beads. These productions have, how-
ever, long been familiar to us, and may perhaps be more
justly termed grotesque than elegant.
In Canada, also, a Red Indian dress, the costume of the
Ojibbeway chief's daughter, excites a good deal of curiosity.
It is exhibited by John "W. Herbert, of Montreal. The
whole dress was made of cloth and ribbon,
and other ornaments
figur
)s, flowers,
5
are
by hand; the
cut out
scissors, and sewed on with ravellings of the cloth
with
it is
a very close imitation of the porcupine-quill work, and
must have required great patience and- ingenuity to exe-
cute it.
There are some pretty chairs, also, the seats ol which
are Berlin work, which are said to have been done bv the
TUKKISH SLirPEIlS.
-BY KUNERTH, OF VIENNA.
to hold any other muslin worlc in very high estimation,
after spending days in the examination of that of Switzer-
land.
Susanna Schreier, of Vienna, sends a quantity of knitted
articles, which, though pretty, would not have been thought
worthy of any particular comment, but for a new material
introdueed in them—a species of coloured hemp-thread,
which has a very pretty effect. It is fully equal to silk in
appearance, and is certainly more durable.
Two carpets of Berlin work are in this department.
One, the production of an amateur, Maria Fusinata, of
Belluno ; the other, though belonging to an English lady,
possesses an historical interest, having been begun for
Napoleon by the Empress Maria Louisa, assisted by the
Queen of Wurtemburg and several noble ladies. Begun
whilst Napoleon was in the zenith of his power, in 1811, it
was not finished for eight years after his death, and then
not by the hands that commenced it. And of the living,
how many, who were honoured in being employed for the
Emperor, forgot all their obligations when he had fallen
from his high estate !
"We conclude our notice of Austria with this historical
piece of work.
Little space being left us, not sufficing for any country
where the ladies are very great workers, we are constrained
to take up our American neighbours, who send marvellously
little needlework to the Crystal Palace, and that little by
no means of a quality which inspires us with any great
respect either for their taste or their industry. There is
a good deal of patchwork, remarkable only for the total ab-
sence of form, design, and selection of colours; and there are
ladies of^Montreal for Her Majesty. As an almost solitary
specimen of the industry of the ladies of Canada, we notice
these ; but there is nothing very remarkable either in their
design or execution.
Persian Contributions to the Industrial Bazaar.—
The corner of the northern side of the nave facing the
crystal fountain is appropriated by Persia, the display
being chiefly made up by residents in London who happen
to have some practical records in their possession of the
land of Iran. This fine country is consequently repre-
sented in a very narrow and imperfect manner; though
the few objects which are displayed are curious illustra-
trations, so far as they go, of the domestic life and pecu-
liar industry of the Persian race. Dr. Thompson,_ of Pall-
mall, is the principal contributor, whose collection com-
prises several ivory carvings and inlayings, a superb
hookah under a glass case, a magnificent table cover, some
specimens of needlework, female slippers, &c. The arti-
cles deposited by Mr. Abbott, of Jermyn-street, Messrs.
Ede and Son, and others, are of similar character, em-
broideries and carpet-work being the most conspicuous ob-
jects. Some pictures and painted panellings demonstrate
in an amusing way the low state of the pictorial art rn
Persia. The rugs, the shawls, and the like, produced at
Mushed, Ispahan, Yezd, and other places, and the Ilho-
rassan carpets, are, however, the manufactures upon which
the Persians have the most reason to pride themselves, and
the samples of their ingenuity in these fabrics are neither
few nor wanting in variety. Some specimens of the guns
of Kermanshah are likewise shown.
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
long, ve shall refer our readers back to these generalities,
whilst affording them exact patterns, and correct stitches for
producing similar articles for themselves.
For the same reason we only briefly notice a very beau-
tiful chair, worked in stripes of Berlin-work, alternated
with the richest maroon-coloured velvet. Some idea may
be formed of the gorgeousness of this chair when we men-
tion that the grounding of the canvas was entirely in gold
tbread, the pattern being in coloured chenilles. "Who is
the exhibitor of this beautiful chair we cannot discover,
neither name nor number being attached to it.
A good deal of beautiful lace is sent by Meiul's heirs
and successors, of Baringen, near Carlsbad, and of "Vienna.
That gentleman was one of the largest manufacturers in
Austria. At one time, great quantities of lace wore made
by the inhabitants of Northern Bohemia for this and other
firms ; but, like our own Buckinghamshire weavers, these
people have been, to a great extent, thrown out of employ-
ment by the discovery of lace-making by machinery. Still,
however, in the mountainous districts, about 12,000 make
their livelihood by the manufacture of lace; and veils, of
a choice and expensive description, are wrought in large
quantities at Milan.
Much of the bobbin-net made in Vienna, and other parts,
is afterwards elaborately embroidered by the hand; and
some beautiful specimens of ladies' dresses, veils, and
handkerchief-borders, is shown by this firm. There are
also some elaborate pieces of embroidery on muslin,
which, had the Swiss work not been already seen, we
should think worthy of high praise. But it is impossible
some few attempts at crochet and Berlin work.
latter style is the one single piece which may be cited as
worthy of commendation.
The exhibitor is Miss M. A. Borgnis, of Boston, XT S
It is a piece of Berlin work, in tapestry stitch, depicting
the Raising of Jairus's Daughter ; and the figures, as well
as the shading of the colours, are really very good—con-
siderably above mediocrity. The figure of Christ, robed
in purple, and with a scarlet mantle, displays these ex-
cellencies to advantage. The scene is taken at the mo-
ment when, in obedience to the Saviour's command, the
young girl is rising from the couch ; and there is really
considerable expression both in her face and attitude,
There are some curious specimens of the work of the
case in the nave—a saddle-
articles, ornamented with porcu-
native Indians, in a
cloak, shoes
other
large
, and
pines' quills and beads. These productions have, how-
ever, long been familiar to us, and may perhaps be more
justly termed grotesque than elegant.
In Canada, also, a Red Indian dress, the costume of the
Ojibbeway chief's daughter, excites a good deal of curiosity.
It is exhibited by John "W. Herbert, of Montreal. The
whole dress was made of cloth and ribbon,
and other ornaments
figur
)s, flowers,
5
are
by hand; the
cut out
scissors, and sewed on with ravellings of the cloth
with
it is
a very close imitation of the porcupine-quill work, and
must have required great patience and- ingenuity to exe-
cute it.
There are some pretty chairs, also, the seats ol which
are Berlin work, which are said to have been done bv the
TUKKISH SLirPEIlS.
-BY KUNERTH, OF VIENNA.
to hold any other muslin worlc in very high estimation,
after spending days in the examination of that of Switzer-
land.
Susanna Schreier, of Vienna, sends a quantity of knitted
articles, which, though pretty, would not have been thought
worthy of any particular comment, but for a new material
introdueed in them—a species of coloured hemp-thread,
which has a very pretty effect. It is fully equal to silk in
appearance, and is certainly more durable.
Two carpets of Berlin work are in this department.
One, the production of an amateur, Maria Fusinata, of
Belluno ; the other, though belonging to an English lady,
possesses an historical interest, having been begun for
Napoleon by the Empress Maria Louisa, assisted by the
Queen of Wurtemburg and several noble ladies. Begun
whilst Napoleon was in the zenith of his power, in 1811, it
was not finished for eight years after his death, and then
not by the hands that commenced it. And of the living,
how many, who were honoured in being employed for the
Emperor, forgot all their obligations when he had fallen
from his high estate !
"We conclude our notice of Austria with this historical
piece of work.
Little space being left us, not sufficing for any country
where the ladies are very great workers, we are constrained
to take up our American neighbours, who send marvellously
little needlework to the Crystal Palace, and that little by
no means of a quality which inspires us with any great
respect either for their taste or their industry. There is
a good deal of patchwork, remarkable only for the total ab-
sence of form, design, and selection of colours; and there are
ladies of^Montreal for Her Majesty. As an almost solitary
specimen of the industry of the ladies of Canada, we notice
these ; but there is nothing very remarkable either in their
design or execution.
Persian Contributions to the Industrial Bazaar.—
The corner of the northern side of the nave facing the
crystal fountain is appropriated by Persia, the display
being chiefly made up by residents in London who happen
to have some practical records in their possession of the
land of Iran. This fine country is consequently repre-
sented in a very narrow and imperfect manner; though
the few objects which are displayed are curious illustra-
trations, so far as they go, of the domestic life and pecu-
liar industry of the Persian race. Dr. Thompson,_ of Pall-
mall, is the principal contributor, whose collection com-
prises several ivory carvings and inlayings, a superb
hookah under a glass case, a magnificent table cover, some
specimens of needlework, female slippers, &c. The arti-
cles deposited by Mr. Abbott, of Jermyn-street, Messrs.
Ede and Son, and others, are of similar character, em-
broideries and carpet-work being the most conspicuous ob-
jects. Some pictures and painted panellings demonstrate
in an amusing way the low state of the pictorial art rn
Persia. The rugs, the shawls, and the like, produced at
Mushed, Ispahan, Yezd, and other places, and the Ilho-
rassan carpets, are, however, the manufactures upon which
the Persians have the most reason to pride themselves, and
the samples of their ingenuity in these fabrics are neither
few nor wanting in variety. Some specimens of the guns
of Kermanshah are likewise shown.