Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:41 PM

Morning Modelbuch (4/12/2020)

Chickens! The poultry on this towel are sweet. I expect to see peacocks and eagles, but chickens worked in lace always surprise me for some reason. They shouldn’t. There are plenty of lace patterns that feature them. I guess I just always associate chickens with the “country kitchen” style that was popular in the 1980’s. 16th/17th century towel at the Cooper Hewitt, a bequest of Marian Hague. Accession Number 1971-50-245 Object ID 18474291 http://cprhw.tt/o/2CFLg/

Patterns from Cesare Vecellio, _Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne libro primo- terzo_. The link is to the Wasmuth 1891 facsimile. https://archive.org/details/diekronederkunst00vece