The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1903, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALL. DL THE: 7o DUttt ore NEELLF Pomr 50 to ¥ a garment and imitations are made that chased for 3, and, 8 scem, there ec two to priedieu, as have also ) n Parrott, Church for its frescoing giving freely of her boun & host of others. , &8 are also Laces From D. Samuels’ Lace House. 5 ORD P = WE D eIV valuable laces In is scarcely a priest who can be mentioned we wist of. In p who does not own some individual pieces N of notable value. The most po of Burano thres r surplice set is made , the product of the fam- ous school on the island of Burano, wh'ch is under the patronage of Queen Mar? _ bout what the total the rare old bits th one genera- to. Some- guerita. Generally the lace comes inches deep and costs in the ne >d of $250. The point Duch used for albs and surplices a is one of the richest and m n for this pu: . The it costs to fit to».u " Mitle ORIy trouble s the fact that it hat 8BS i3 wory expe . seldom coming iu the e is all that is . ¥, t when they COMe nog ae s path for les - . ? and as a number of yards n ary row a heap wiser. y divided into two hion the garment it makes them gh priced. Ecclesiastical designs mean a great dea acemakers, for they have learr tha nse is spared J B tion of ™he house of God. a turer in Brussels paid the sum of $12,000 for a bit exactly two and a half inches square and as soon as he had it in his pos- session promptly took it to pleces to find out how it was made. The tiny scrap was worth a great deal to him and he was m than willing to pay the price. has an exquisite e which is used on it 1s too preclous to be eclally adapted for }7’07'0/5}/ d are not nearly as costly. Beautiful pieces may be had from J/‘I/VFO/EF C STure Ny ¥ their lockers the more they have th8 r the Temple of God gly decorated to please s some wonder- are only then the ke Solomon in al why shouldn’t it on the altar was where between he main altars e valued at it is very easy to realize y count up. ecciesiastical laces differ ) the symbolic embellish- these expensive bits are cross-bearing lambs, t and grapes, sym- , while some of the kneeling saints and « figure largely in churchly the private collections, which amount to a goodly s ago, when Archbishop » Eurcpe, he placed h deposit vault for safe asn't content with that ok the trouble and expense insured for $10,000, for he s many collectors, that nest private accumula- t laces that there is in , surplices and rochets of beauty, made of the the sheerest linens and te hands. »n of his is perpetually y every time bhe con- Sisters of the Holy Notre Dame Convent or y of the Sacred Heart the 2 with a garment, rare werally made by themselves. BRUMJELS oNT REFLIQUE LRSS I “THE DS RINUEL ) LA TYE rendergast has a splendid col- Jeotion also, probably worth from $2500 to $3000, the gift of his parishioners on the occasion of his jubilee, and, in fact, there ZA/MERIC LHCE