Mon May 6, 2019 08:30 PM

Morning Modelbuch (5/7/2019)

This sweet 16th century bobbin lace border from Italy owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art lets me point to the borders of lace patterns that frame calligraphy examples in _Ghirlanda di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi giardini d’italia. primo libro_.

The book (Lotz 139) is listed under Pietro Paulo Tozzi by Lotz. You will also see it ascribed to Antonelli Bertozzi or Sebastian Zanella. Originally published in 1598, the link is to a reprint of the 1604 edition owned by the University of California.

https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/128783.html https://archive.org/details/bookonlace00bertrich/page/n19