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GERMAN RENAISSANCE PATTERNS FOR EMBROIDERY: A FACSIMILE COPY OF NICHOLAS BASSEE'S NEW MODELBUCH OF 1568 Introduction by Kathleen Epstein Nicolas Bassee, a native of Flanders, emigrated to Frankfurt am Main in 1561 where he established a printing office. By the end of the sixteenth century, he was the successful publisher-printer of books in Frankfurt. Among the works, Basse printed during his highly productive life was a book of embroidery patterns. Entitled New Modelbuch von Allerhandt Art Nehens und Stickens [New pattern book of all kinds of forms of sewing and embroidery], this series of woodcuts had been printed and circulated in various other books during the previous forty-five years. Many of the patterns represent the best of late Gothic and early Renaissance embroidery designs for furnishing textiles and clothing. German Renaissance patterns for Embroidery presents exact-size facsimiles of the existing one hundred plates, title page and colophon of the 1568 edition of Nicolas Bassee's New Modelbuch now housed in the rare book collections of the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. The plates feature charted designs for counted cross-stitch and other counted thread embroidery techniques, angular patterns for double running stitch, various forms for surface embroidery, and geometric bands for satin stitch. The illustrated introduction provides information on Bassee and his work, with historical background on the development of the embroidery pattern book, as well as an analysis of the plates. It's still available: http://www.curiousworks.com/products_page.html Avital Original Message: ----------------- From: ysandra sliverneedle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:36:52 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] Nuw Modelbuch lace book I am looking for a copy of the 3 volume book set called "Nuw Modelbuch". Is is lace patterns from 1561, and from the look of the name perhaps German. I thought is has been republished by Unicorn Books, but have been unable to locate that company. I had copied down an ISBN number but have no luck with using that either. The ISBN was 3-258-0310-1. I have the LaPompe pattern book from about the same time period. I belong to the S.C.A. and want to do "period" lace for my Elizabethan dresses. Many thanks for any clues anyone is able to give me. Ysandra -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
