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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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Tapestry design No. 4203
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Quarter pattern of a rug, handpainted on cream cardboard. No maker. Thread counts for Smyrna work and kelim are given. The size of the completed design, as charted, is 227 x 135 stitches and not 227 x 152 as stated on the original pattern.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH018
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Charted Tapestry Embroidery Tapestry Cross-stitch MH
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Tapestry design No. 7660
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Quarter pattern of a rug, handpainted on cream cardboard. No maker given, but instructions about thread count for Smyrna work (10 stitches ca. 8 cm) and kelim (10 stitches ca. 6.5 cm). The center is a repeating pattern of roses and forget-me-nots and could be used independently.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH017
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Charted Cross-stitch Tapestry Embroidery MH
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Tapestry design No. 3879
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Quarter pattern of a tapestry design, handpainted on cream cardboard. No maker, but instructions for thread count for Smyrna work and kelim. The total size of the design is given as 160/240 stitches, but the pattern as charted will be 159 by 239 stitches.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH016
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Charted Tapestry Embroidery Cross-stitch MH
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Tapestry design No. 5113
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Handpainted quarter pattern of a rug, on cream cardboard. No maker and the total design size has been cut off, but it's 199 x 299 stitches.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH015
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Charted Tapestry Embroidery Cross-stitch MH
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Tapestry design 793
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Half of a rug pattern, handpainted on cream cardboard. No maker, but notice 'Deponirt' looks like it might have been Heinrich Kuehn or successor.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH014
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MH
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Tapestry design No. 6109
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Quarter pattern for a tapestry in seven colors, 160x240 stitches. Handpainted pattern on cream cardboard. German instructions about the thread count to use for kelim and Smyrna work.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH013
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Charted Tapestry Embroidery Cross-stitch MH
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Tapestry design No. 5358
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Handpainted pattern on cream cardboard, with German instructions about which thread count to use in case of Smyrna work or kelim. Narrow border design, probably for a runner or maybe as central stripe on furniture covers. Paint colors darkened significantly.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma
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A-MH012
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Charted Tapestry Edge Embroidery Cross-stitch MH
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Schwanen-Marke
Tapestry design
Schwanen-Marke
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Handpainted half of a rectangular tapestry pattern on cream cardboard. The bottom part of the pattern has been cut off.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH010
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Tapestry Embroidery Cross-stitch Charted MH
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Schwanen-Marke (publ.)
Small oval tapestry pattern
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Schwanen-Marke
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Handpainted tapestry design on cream cardboard. Suitable for a small rug or sofa cushion. The design has been repeatedly published in Smyrna work publications.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH009
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Tapestry Embroidery BerlinWork Cross-stitch Charted MH
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Hertz & Wegener (publ.)
Repeating abstract pattern
14.313
Hertz & Wegener in Berlin
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Handpainted pattern on grey cardboard. Design is a tiled pattern in three different color combinations.
Could be used for furniture covers, sofa cushions etc.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH008
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Repeat Embroidery BerlinWork Tapestry Cross-stitch Charted MH
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Tapestry design
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Small handpainted pattern on cream cardboard. No publisher or date given. Narrow brightly colored tapestry design. Suitable for Smyrna work or cross-stitch.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH007
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Tapestry Embroidery Cross-stitch Charted MH
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Tapestry design
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Handpainted pattern, no publisher or date. Quart of a tapestry design, in the style of Persian carpets. Suitable for Smyrna work or (in small cross-stitch) for a doll house carpet.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH006
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Embroidery Charted Tapestry Cross-stitch MH
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Corticelli Silk Mills (publ.)
Parody on The House That Jack Built
Corticelli Silk Mills
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Small advertising booklet, stapled, 8 pages not including covers. Dated 1882. Starting with the Corticelli Silk Mills, each page adds a couple of lines to the previous page, all singing the praises of Florence Silk that was produced by Corticelli. Very nice illustrations around the text. Original colors were light green ink on a tan background.
Donated by Luann Pfost, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Lily (publ.)
"Rose Circle" doily
Leaflet D-5
Lily Mills, Shelby N.C.
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Leaflet, crochet pattern for a mat bordered with 3D roses.
Images donated by Bethaney I. Choate, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Crochet Doilies BC
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Büttgen, P.
Monogrammbuch
Praktische Monogramme zum gebrauche für Maler, Graveure, Papier- und Kartonnagenfabrikanten, Buchbinder, Wagenbauer usw.
Verlag von Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1905.
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Softcover oblong booklet, 30 pages. All two-letter combinations in two variations, one more for decoration and the other more spare.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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E-YS037
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Alphabet SW
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Musée des Familles, Modes Vraies (publ.)
Square design with Egyptian inspired motifs
Musée des Familles, Modes Vraies, Rue St. Roch, 29 [Paris]
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Single sheet, lithographed pattern, showing a corner of a nearly square pattern with presumed Egyptian motifs. Because the pattern is not entirely symmetrical both a complete version and a partial pattern are included.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH080
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Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch Beading BerlinWork Tapestry MH
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Magasin des Demoiselles (publ.)
Three embroidered purses, four other patterns
Bureaux du Magasin des Demoiselles, PARIS, Rue Lafitte 51
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Single sheet, printed embroidery patterns. Half of a bag, a purse with tassels, a purse without tassels, all with green as background fabric. A small simple chessboard square in blue and silver, a round star design in blue and silver, a border with green leaves and red curls, and a narrow rounded rectangle in gold, silver, edged with red, possibly for an eyeglass etui.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH079
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Edge Embroidery purse MH
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Manufacture Parisienne des Cotons L.V. (publ.)
Album de 12 Carrés Broderie Anglaise
Décalquables au Fer Chaud pour la Broderie
Manufacture Parisienne des Cotons L.V. , Paris
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Small square stapled softcover booklet, 24 pages not including the covers. Contains 6 photos of Broderie Anglaise work, then 12 iron-on patterns, then 6 more photos. Patterns are 15x15 cm, making them suitable for chessboard-patterned items with half embroidered squares, half filet squares.
Scans donated by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Embroidery whitework WS
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Casa Editrice Sonzogno (publ.)
Album di Cifre a Punto Pisano
Per Tovaglie, Asciugamani, Lenzuola, Federe, ecc, ecc.
Casa Editrice Sonzogno, Via Pasquirolo, 14, Milano
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Small stapled softcover, 48 pages not including covers. Contains a near-complete alphabet in three sizes, I and J are represented by a single design. The largest size has two letters A.
Scans donated by Iva Innocenti, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Alphabet Embroidery whitework II
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Musée des Familles - Modes Vraies (publ.)
Slipper top
Musée des Familles - Modes Vraies, 29, Rue Saint Roch, à Paris
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Large lithographed pattern of a red slipper top in seven colors. Symmetrical pattern.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, scan donated by Marleen van Horssen, charted and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH088
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Slipper Embroidery Charted Beading BerlinWork Cross-stitch MH
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