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This ongoing project is an effort to scan craft pattern publications that are in the public domain,
to preserve them, so we can keep our craft heritages in our hands. Most of these scans have been graphically
edited to make the images easier for craft workers to see, and to reduce file sizes. They are available,
for free, to anyone who wants them, for educational, personal, artistic and other creative uses.
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Philipson, A. (dd)
Maaskamp 1 - 2de Stuk
E. Maaskamp inde Kalverstraat 18
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A small but wide pattern sheet, with three patterns: two repeating patterns and in the middle a small oval motif. It's one of the few patterns printed in the Netherlands. No date is known, but it looks like the patterns in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Photographed and published by permission of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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H-RM024
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BerlinWork Embroidery Charted Charts Cross-stitch RM
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Madame Elise
Ladies Book of the Month
West-London April, 1867 Price 6d.
C. Stevens, &Co. Publishers, 3, Red Lion Square Holborn, W.C. London
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Fashions, crochet, tatting, glass painting, etiquette, wax flowers. A small monthly publication, also featuring the first chapter of the wonderful story of Peter the Schlemil, who sold his shadow to the Devil.
Scans donated by M. Leigh Martin, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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H-ML001
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Crochet ML
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Musterbuch Venetianischer Nadelarbeiten 1558
Bellezze de Ricami, et Dessegni, Opera Nova, nella quale si ritrovano, Varie, & diverse sorti di mostre, di punti tagliati, et punti in aiere, a fogliami, punti in stuora, et altre sorte, come nella presente vedrai. Dove le belle, et virtuose donne potrano fare ogni sorte de lavori sopra Colari, Manegheti, & sopra tutte quelle cose, dove vanno susiml lavori. Opera non men belle, che utile, & neccssaria. Et non piu veduta in luce. In Venetia, L'Anno MDLVIII
Berlin, Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, 1891
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A facsimile reprint of an Italian lace design book from 1558. The German prologue mentions 38 pages of patterns, but there are only 37. We compared the photographs to another copy in the Royal Library in the Hague, and that one had exactly the same 37 pages. <br>Mostly venetian lace, one filet/crossstitch page.
Photographed and published by permission of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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H-RM004
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Lace Needlelace RM
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Needlecraft
Laces & Corners
by Penelope. N. 28, A Needlecraft Publication, Price 30 cents or 3/-
J.P. Coats Ltd. Paisley, Scotland. 1961.
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Edgings and corners in crochet and filet crochet. Mostly for tablecloths, runners, tray mats. Also two crocheted edges for handkerchiefs.
Donated by Hillie Dijkstra, edited by Yvonne DeBandi.
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Crochet Edge Corner Charts HD
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Le Petit Echo de la Broderie 1900-01-28
Dimanche 28 Janvier 1900. No. 3 - 2me Annee. Redactrice et chef Baronne de Manonville.
Paris. - Imp. P. Orsoni, e, Rue de la Sabliere.
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Weekly periodical with various types of needlework, a cross-stitch pattern on the front cover, round or square depending on execution. A large Battenberg lace design, whitework embroidery, initials M, and a smaller G and S, and three pages with text and advertisements.
Scans donated by Peter Ketels, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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RM-prop Embroidery PK
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Holme, Charles (ed.)
Modern Design in Jewelry and Fans
Special Winter Number of "The Studio" A.D. 1901-1902
Offices of "The Studio" London, Paris, New York MCMII
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Fabulous collection of jewellery and fan designs
From the collection of Sytske Wijnsma, edited by Silvia Brandmeier
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Jewelry Fan SW
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Oak branch with acorns
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Handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern, oak branch with acorns. The makers name has been cut off.
Photographed and published by permission of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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H-RM026
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Embroidery BerlinWork Charts Cross-stitch Charted RM
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