NEW PUBLICATION F-IS007 Blueprint crochet medallion Small crocheted square motif, filet crochet, a medallion showing the head of a woman, rotated 45 degrees. Printed as blueprint from an actual crocheted original. Scans donated by Jackie Isler, from the collection of her grandmother Helen Balmat Gorman. FUNDRAISING Donate to support the Antique Pattern Library project to […]
2022-07-25 New Publication: Heinrich Kuehn – Album No. 176
NEW PUBLICATION M-SB003 Heinrich Kuehn – Album No. 176 Small leporello, 10 pages not including cover, in bad condition. Handpainted patterns, borders and corners of floral designs. Reverse of pages contain printed monochrome patterns common to these booklets. Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING DonateĀ to support the Antique […]
2022-07-20 New Publication: Star Book 35 – Hats and Bags and Beanies
NEW PUBLICATION M-TK003 Star Book 35 – Hats and Bags and Beanies 24 pages including covers, softcover. All kinds of head-covers, inspired by various famous paintings. Beret, snood, headband, pillbox, even a Flemish drape. Several matching bags are included. From the collection of Tina Kaczanowski, scanned by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING […]
2022-07-19 New Publication: Rouyer Album 360 Punched Paper Cards
NEW PUBLICATION M-II001 Rouyer – Dessins pour Canevas-Papier Bristol No. 360 Small leporello, 8 pages not including covers. Designs for punched-paper cards with cut-out borders, each pattern with a name and a flower bouquet. The designs are not meant for cross-stitch embroidery, but could be embroidered with significant loss of detail. Scans donated by Iva […]
2022-07-18 New Publication: Little Girl’s Cooking Book
NEW PUBLICATION D-YS069 Flora Klickmann – Little Girl’s Cooking Book Small hardcover, 68 pages excluding covers, colofon and title pages. Contains receipes and an extensive explanation of the methods of working and the reasoning behind it. The author addresses the reader directly. Apple tarts, cakes, making lemonade, trifle, plum pudding, boiling fish and eggs and […]
2022-04-29 New Publication: Turkish Tapestry Pattern
NEW PUBLICATION M-YS002 Turkish Tapestry Pattern Small square pattern (99×99 stitches) reconstructed from the tapestry on the loom model (M-YS001). Center part filled in as best fit. Charted by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING DonateĀ to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and website development, web hosting costs, data […]
2022-04-27 New Publication: Turkish Tapestry Loom Model
NEW PUBLICATION M-YS001 Turkish Tapestry Loom Model Small model of a tapestry loom, probably made for the tourist trade or as advertisment item. It has a seating bench in the front, two lease sticks, and a bar that holds balls of wool in the required colors, as well as part of a tapestry. The tensioning […]
2022-04-25 New Publication: Coats & Clark’s – Crochet Money-Makers for your Bazaar
NEW PUBLICATION M-SB002 Coats & Clark’s – Crochet Money-Makers for your Bazaar 12 pages including covers. ” … the items in this book are just the things to appeal to bazaar-buyers … and they cost so little to make that a selling price of a dollar will bring a pretty profit.” Crochet, Brother and Sister […]
2022-04-23 New Publication: T.E. Parker – Knitting and Crocheting
NEW PUBLICATION M-TK001 T.E. Parker – Knitting and Crocheting Small book, 8 pages of advertisements , 16 pages of knitting and crochet patterns, followed by another 8 pages of advertisements and example pages of other books. Knitting: Shoulder shawl, Child’s knit leggings, Lady’s fancy wrister, Lady’s mitten, Child’s skirt, Infant’s Shetland wool vest. Crochet: Boy’s […]
2022-04-22 New Publication: 6634 – Three ladybugs on green leaves
NEW PUBLICATION M-TH001 6634 Three ladybugs on green leaves Small fragment of a handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern probably containing multiple small motifs. This one shows three ladybugs each on its own green leaf. Image donated by an ebay seller who would prefer to be anonymous, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING Donate to […]