MAGNIFICENT LACE
As gem set lace has become the fashion women with leisure have found a new amusement, and are patiently adorning shoulder straps, fichus, and collarettes with seed pearls and pearls c,f all other sizes. Dainty fans of Brussels lace will be powdered with opals, emeralds, sapphires and such coloured stones,although brilliants als o will be in high favour. Indeed, all effective stones will be popular for this novel purpose, and garnets, with their rich, deep tint, may be ex. pected to emerge with the others from their long and ignominious seclusion. The stones to be used in this decoration are specially mounted, with tiny loops attached by which to secure them. It is said that in England several women of fashion have actually studied the goldsmith’s art in Florence and Milan and melt their own gold and make their own necklaces, bracelets, and buckles. Other s have taken up enamelling on metal, and thero seems to be a general craze for tho decorative arts among English women of social prominence. One titled woman is embroidering a set of satin
panels for the walls of the drawing room in one of her country houses.
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New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 21
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195MAGNIFICENT LACE New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 21
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