Early Pattern Books for Lace and Embroidery, Parts 1 and 2
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Two-part article from the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club. Part I reviews Arthur Lotz's 1933 Bibliographie der Modelbücher and traces the history of printed lace and embroidery pattern books of the 16th and 17th centuries in Germany, Italy, France, England and Switzerland. Part II describes the Metropolitan Museum of Art's holdings of the early Schönsperger pattern books, with a table of editions and surviving copies. It is illustrated with woodcut title pages, pattern pages, and photographs of lace and drawnwork made from the patterns.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1933
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 28
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