Neues Modelbuch (New Model Books for Embroidery and Lace) 1596 and 1597

[mmcnealy]

Wow! What a find! Two period embroidery and lace pattern books online.

Siebmacher, Johann: Schön Neues Modelbuch von allerley lustigen Mödeln naczunehen, zuwürcken unn zusticken, gemacht im Jar Ch. 1597, Nurmberg 1597 [VD16 S 6256]

It has embroidery pattern graphs, mainly counted work, in a wide variety of widths and complexity.
A nice graph of an Imperial eagle
It has smock neckline embroidery patterns with the design for the bottom of the neckline slit already graphed out.
Drawn thread work patterns at least I think they are, they may also be reticella.

Siebmacher, Johann: New Modelbuch, darinnen allerley gattungen schöner Mödeln der Newen außgeschnitnen Arbeit ... zuneyen, Basel [1596] [VD16 N 1328]
Lots of lace patterns, I think they are mainly Reticella and Punto Aria, but may be bobbin lace patterns as well. I'm not a lace maker, so my knowledge of lace pattern types is limited.

Comments

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Wow...somehow I have missed that 'download as a PDF' link this *whole* time.

*head desk*

Good to know now!

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Where exactly on the screen is it? I'm missing it too.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

In the upper right hand corner of the BSB screen in this line of text:

" [Projektbeschreibung] [Digitale Bibliothek] [Impressum] **[PDF-Download]** "

YIPPEE!

*grin*

The internet is going to spoil me rotten. With all the free stuff out there, you'd think I would never need to buy books again. And you would be WRONG! *chuckle*

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

OK, I couldn't get the PDF download to work in the translated site (they have a little Brit flag that takes you to a nice English version of the PDF information), but I figured out how to do it on the German side. Nice!

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Thanks so much for pointing this out to me.