Lace Patterns
 

Here is a selection of redrawings of 48 lace patterns from the 16th and early 17th century. Some are from 16th century pattern books, some are drawn from portraits and some are drawn from pictures of existing 16th century lace.
 

 

Lace Pattern A Figure A1, A2, A3 - From portrait of an unknown lady (wearing the pulled threadkirtle) Buehler, Edward. (http://www.tudor-portraits.com)
Figures A4 - A6 - Santina Levey, Lace, A History, (Leeds: Maney & Son, 1983).
A4 - Figure 51, A5 - Figure 36, A6 - Figure 30.
 
     
Lace Pattern B Vinciolo, Federico. Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint An Unabridged Facsimile of the "Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtraicts" of 1587 (New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1971) .
B1, B2, B3 - page 42
B4, B5, B6 - page 37
 
     
Lace Pattern C Vinciolo, Federico. Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint An Unabridged Facsimile of the "Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtraicts" of 1587 (New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1971) .
C1 - page 17
C2 - page 18
C3, C4, C5 - page 30
C6 - page 27
 
     
Lace Pattern D Vecellio, Cesare. Pattern Book of Renaissance Lace A Reprint of the 1617 Edition of the "Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne" (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1988).
D1, D2 - page 20
D3, D4 - page 14
D5, D6 - page 11
 
     
Lace Pattern E Vecellio, Cesare. Pattern Book of Renaissance Lace A Reprint of the 1617 Edition of the "Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne" (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1988).
E1 - page 46
E2 - page 31
E3 - page 30
E4 - page 32
E5, E6 - page 36
 
     
Lace Pattern F Figures F1 and F2 - Blum, Clara. Old World Lace, A Concise Illustrated Guide (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 2002) 14.
Figures F3 - F6 - Janet Arnold, Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd, (Leeds: Maney & Son, 1988).
F3, F4 - Plate IVA - 'Armada' portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1. Panel painting by an unknown artist, c. 1588 - 89.
F5, F6 - plate 3 Queen Elizabeth 1. Panel painting by an unknown artist, 1590.
F5 - Ruff, F6 - pattern on cuff.
 
     
Lace Pattern G Du Debvoir des Filles (1597) http://inky.library.yale.edu/medwomen/lace.html  
     
Lace Pattern H

Figures H - A Schole-House for the Needle, (Shropshire: RJL Smith & Associates, 1998).First published by Richard Shorleyker in 1632 (England).
H1, H3, H4 - Figure E3
H2 - Figure G1
H5, H6 - Figure F4

 
     
 
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