NEW PUBLICATION M-WS001 Mme Hardouin – Broderie Sur Filet au Point de Cluny 48 pages not including cover and advertisements. Point de Cluny is otherwise known as point de toile. Twenty lessons on starting a motif, figuring out how the thread should run, finishing the motif, all without unnecessary crossings and cutting off the thread. […]
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NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. L-NK001 Cousine Claire – Le Filet-Crochet 28 pages including covers. Photographs of various filet patterns, some known from other publications. No descriptions given. Crochet work imitating Filet, allowing easy execution of various motifs, squares, triangles, circular, insertions, laces, intended to decorate embroidered fabric. Also suitable for […]
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FUNDRAISING NOW! – Goal: 6000 USD – So far 1568.31 USD – Donate now to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and website development, web hosting costs, data entry, scanning equipment, and help us meet the public funding ratio, which allows us to keep our nonprofit status, making […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see this new publication. K-II008 Della Porta – Il Punto Filet 4 36 pages, some joined to one. Filet and embroidery on net, photographed and charted. Curtains, tablecloths, baskets, bags, lampshades, pillow covers. Some religious patterns. Scans donated by Iva Innocenti, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. J-PA110 Minerva 56 – […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see this new publication. K-II007 Petit Echo de la Mode – Album 4 – Fables de la Fontaine 100 pages, including covers. As the title says, 48 designs each in filet and openwork embroidery, with scenes of the La Fontaine fables and the fairy tales by Perrault. Scans donated […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see this new publication. K-SB002 Ullstein 5 – Das Jumper-Buch 40 pages including covers. From the Ullstein series on needlework, a book about sweaters, dresses, vests, hats etc. for women and children. The pattern sheet is missing. Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. K-PK001 to K-PK024 Beiderwand charted designs Beiderwand is an 18th century double weave technique from parts of Germany and Denmark. The portfolio “Schleswig’sche Beiderwand” of 1909 contains 45 tables with samples of beiderwand from a museum. This series of publications consist of the charts of […]