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I’m re-reading Elisa Ricci’s _Old Italian Lace_ as well as helping someone plan a late 15th century dress. Ricci pointed…

Morning Modelbuch (3/28/2019) 16th century Italian embroidered border with sort of a lotus style lily and knotwork. Donated by Marian…

Another modern pattern made up of modelbuch designs. This has several bands taken from Sibmacher. https://www.historischestickmuster.de/products/klassisch-rot-4-stickvorlage-stickpackung I’ve attached two of…

Morning Modelbuch (3/27/2019) Cover with lions worked in silk on linen, dated to the first part of the 17th century…

I’m always interested to see how modelbuch designs get reused. This “Flowers of the Seasons” design that was just released…

Morning Modelbuch (3/26/2019) The partlet/bavari in this unknown portrait is lovely. The painting is by an anonymous painter of the…

Morning Modelbuch (3/24/2019) I’ve been preparing all week to host an event, and cooked a lot of food, make candy,…

Morning Modelbuch (3/23/2019) This is another one where I mostly just want to look at the portrait, so I’m sharing…

There’s a fantastic collection of 30 or so mostly baroque paintings of lacemakers put together as part of a discussion…