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Some of my Favorite Pattern books:
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Matteo Pagano – “Spechio di pensieri delle belle et Virtudiose donne,” 1546
Giovanni Ostaus- “La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami,” 1567
Federic de Vinciolo – “Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts...,” 1588
Giovanni Battista Ciotti “Prima Parte de' Fiori, e Disegni di varie sorti di Ricami Moderni,” 1591
Other links:
The Metropolitan Museum of art
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian's design museum)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Rijksmuseum
Isabella Catanea Parasole – “Pretiosa Gemma delle virtuose donne,” 1600
Cesare Vecellio – “Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV,” 1601
Johann Sibmacher – “Newes Modelbuch in Kupffer,” 1604
Pietro Paulo Tozzi – “Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia,” October 1, 1604
Lace and Lacemaking books online
Smithsonian's Lace books online
Old Italian Lace by Elisa Ricci
Great list with links to extant pattern books online