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.

An article on how embroidery design drove the creation of Le Jardin du Roy (Paris, 1608), a flower pattern book by Pierre Vallet, embroiderer to the King, in collaboration with the royal gardener Jean Robin. It traces the Robin family's botanical garden in Paris, Vallet's etched plates of native and exotic plants, and later editions of the book. It also links the work to the development of the French parterre and the origins of the Jardin des Plantes. Illustrated with the title-page, portraits of Vallet and Robin, sample plant etchings, and garden views by Perelle; a bibliography follows.