2023-07-31 New Publications: The Knapsack Bag, ladies headdresses and decorations, Turkish embroideries

NEW PUBLICATIONS N-NK003 Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine – The Knapsack Bag Handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern for a travelling bag, in purple, cyan, pink and magenta, on grey cardboard. Scanned by Nettie Kraaij, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma. D-YS225 Victoria 1875 – Seven headdresses Single sheet with seven illustrations of headdresses, hair decorations, and hats. Two […]

2023-06-08 New Publications: Heinrich Kuehn 3081 Tapestry pattern and (republished) Thesa Handarbeitenbuch

NEW PUBLICATIONS C-YS045 Heinrich Kuehn 3081 Tapestry Single sheet with a simple tapestry pattern in muted colors. Scan donated by Eli Segoni, charted and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. B-YS089 Thesa Handarbeitenbuch A German booklet about Tenerife lace or sol lace. Thesa Buchmann produced wooden shapes to make the lace on, and this booklet is part […]

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 Donate  to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and website development, web hosting costs, data […]