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Morning Modelbuch (9/4/2018) These are from Matteo Florimi’s _Fiori di ricami, nuovamente posti in luce, nei quali sono varii e…

Morning Modelbuch (9/3/2018) I’m mid project without a lot of oomph, so I apologize for taking the easy way out…

Morning Modelbuch (6/9/2018) These are not from a published book, but from 1 of 2 almost identical personal manuscripts made…

Morning Modelbuch (6/8/2018) Curling vines rather than twining ones. I especially like the holly and the thistles. This particular set…

Morning Modelbuch (6/7/2018) Selections of swirling vines. These plates start in the very first Modelbuch, but the full selection in…

Morning Modelbuch (6/6/2018) More patterns designed to go around openings. These are from Iseppo Foresto’s 1564 _Splendore Delle Virtuouse Giovani_.…

Morning Modelbuch (9/2/2018) I said I was going to talk about a dress and the interlacing designed from yesterday, so…

Morning Modelbuch (9/1/2018) The Met put on a fascinating exhibition few years ago, “Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the…

Morning Modelbuch (6/5/2018) This painting by Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Woman Inspired by Lucretia, is one of my favorites…

Morning Modelbuch (6/4/2018) I haven’t posted any plain blackwork patterns in a bit, so figured it was time again. I…