A. Bretschneider

A. Bretschneider's Neues Modelbuch

1619

Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin

Nineteenth Century reprint of the pattern book of Andreas Bretschneider, edition of 1619. 46 pattern pages. The blank pages have been omitted. All whitework or color embroidery, no filet or cross-stitch patterns. This reprint contains leaves from different original copies. Additional links to the copy in the Sterling and Francine Clark collection (1892) and the 1615 copy in the Metropolian Museum with colored plates.

Scans donated by Willem Kraaij, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Book transferred to Rijksmuseum Research Library, 2017.

E-WM050

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L8042

Embroidery

whitework

Renaissance

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