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Zoppino, Nicolo · 1529 · 17 pictures

A 1529 Italian pattern book by Nicolo Zoppino, printed in Venice, teaching young women and noblewomen how to work embroidery, sewing and lacemaking with needle and measuring instruments. Its pages show numbered rectangular panels of geometric counted-thread patterns, lozenges, crosses and border strips, each block printed as a dense woodcut grid a designer could adapt into repeats, borders or textile motifs.

Embroidery · Lace and lace making · Pattern books · Italy

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