Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1876 — Needlework for the “ Centennial." [ARTICLE]

Needlework for the “ Centennial."

A YOUNG -kssiY of the City of Mexico during a pfijp« of two years executed a very skillful work of art, which she sent to an aunt in this city. It is now in the possession of Mine. Solema, who purchased it when offered for sale, for the benefit of an invalid relative of the young lady, and has resolved to send it to the Centennial Exhibition. It is a Pina cloth handkerchief about twenty inches square, with an embroidered and lace margin, pulled and worked from the cloth to the depth of two and a half inches. The em. broidersd line represents leaves and clusters of berries, with open lace work in the centers; the outer edge is a series of meshes edged in embroidered scallops with a line ol leaf and vine work above. The lace work was all made by threads pulled from the cloth and twisted together, requiring great skill and patience. The embroidery and lace work, fine as it is, however, is surpassed by a center-piece worked in with hair arid silk combined, 60 fine that except under a powerful glass it looks like a design in India ink. It represents a child swinging in a hammock suspended between two tropical trees, with flowers and vegetation springing at the base. The foliage is picked out with as much nicety as if done with a fine steel pen. Over the child stauds an angel with outspread wings. Underneath the picture, which is four inches square, is an inscription, “ The Angel Guard,” in Spanish, and the name of llie needlewoman, “Madelos Angeles Sesma.” Beneath this are three large letters in ’English script. A first examination leads to the belief that tbe needlework in the design is wholly of hair, but a close inspection under powerful glasses discloses most of the finer work to be done in silk. The handkerchief is a rare specimen of fine needlework, and will attract considerable attention af'the Great Exposition.— Sacramento {Cal.) Record-Union.