one of Blakesmost beautiful creations. The four figures with raised arms, typify-ing the stars, are partially clad in a drapery which seems to growfrom the body as a garment of flesh. This curious idea is renderedeven more fully apparent in the embroidery than in the original etch-ing, as the color… … EMBROIDERED LANDSCAPE—APPLE BLOSSOM TIME. A.J. PETERS. UNITED STATES. The beginning of the modern American school of needleworkdates from the exhibit of the Kensington school at our Centennial,seventeen years ago. Before that time, it can not be said tohave had a truly national existence. To-day…
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) · Women artists · Decorative arts
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