Fri Oct 11, 2019 09:23 PM

Morning Modelbuch (10/12/2019)

One of my children wanted some embroidered monkeys. Since I was looking for that, you get a pattern from Ostaus and a couple of textiles that aren’t very close matches but do show monkeys.

_La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami_ originally published in 1557 by Giovanni Ostaus. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/354909

16th century linen towel at the Cooper Hewitt https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18318087/

16th century monkey worked in netting at the Cleveland Museum of Art. http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1159