Blackwork Books and Bibliographies

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Blackwork Books and Bibliographies

    "Whit was hir Smok, an Broyden al bifore,
   And eke bihynde, on hir coler aboute,
   Of colblak silk withinne and eke without..."
     Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Miller's Tale". Unlikely to be blackwork as we know it,
but what a great description all the same...

Bibliographies and Collections

"Portrait of a Lady", Foschi, 1530s

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Antique Pattern Library

PDFs of a gazillion old needlework books - not much blackwork, but you need this stuff anyway!

Countess Fiona's Embroidery Bibliography

PDF file- great "all techniques" collection

Pattern Books in the 16th Century

by Mathilde Eschenbach - the books we dream of owning

Books

The Needle's Excellency", John Taylor 1631

PDF download from "Godfrey's Bookshelf"

Johann Siebmacher "New Modelbuch", 1597

On-line facsimile

Young Man At His Office Desk", H. Holbein 1541

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Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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