Die Krone der kunstfertigen Frauen : Musterbuch, 1691 [i.e. 1601]

Vecellio, Cesare, ca. 1521-1601 · 1891 · Berlin : E. Wasmuth · 115 pictures

A German facsimile, issued by Ernst Wasmuth in Berlin in 1891, of Cesare Vecellio's Venetian lace pattern book of 1601, made as working models for women doing needlework. The plates are woodcuts printed white on solid black, showing reticella and punto in aria borders, squared grid fillings, pointed edgings, and scattered figures, birds and beasts worked into the mesh, giving designers ready-made high-contrast ornament, repeat strips and stencil-like silhouettes.

Lace and lace making

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