HITLER IN WOOL
LONDON ADMIRER’S PRIZE More than 15 years of her life hang on the walls of Lady (Annie) Cory’s Belgrave square mansion. London (states an overseas daily). Lady Cory’s hobby is embroidering pictures, and for each of the full-length ones that cover her old-fashioned walls she has spent from a year to 15 months working them. Sheer monuments ot patience are these colossal pictures, worked over at least three times “to get more depth and colour.” One picture was even worked over eight times, while 10 different shades of wool were used. A life-size head of Hitler is the most astounding piece. So much does Lady Cory admire the Fuehrer that she has had a coloured print of his head worked in wools, while real chestnut-coloured hair has been used for his hair. To reproduce his blue eyes as accurately as possible, about 30 different shades of blue wool were used. Altogether more than a thousand shades of wool were used on the head.
“ I have never met Hitler, but I think he is a wonderful man,” said Lady Cory. “I did not work his picture myself, because I am getting a little old for such detailed work. Miss Constable, who worked it specially for me. used some of her own hair for it.” . . Another feat of the patience of bygone and more leisurely times is the drawing room furniture in the house, which was all hand-embroidered by Lady Cory’s sister. Over 30 chairs, settees, foot stools, huge wall panels, curtains—all exquisitely hand-embroidered with flower designs. “ My sister spent her life doing this work,” Lady Cory said. “ Our house in Ireland was furnished completely with the things she had worked. Most of them, unfortunately were destroyed in a fire.” Apart from these incredible feats- of patience, the Belgrave square house has many pictures worked in cork, sugar, felt, sand, wood shavings, human hair, paper, velvet and shells. They are nearly all Georgian and Victorian period.
“ People do not make such things nowadays,” said Lady Cory. "They have neither the time nor the. patience.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 19
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