16th Century Embroidery and Lace Pattern Modelbuchs Available Online

Back in October 2020, I posted on this blog about how I was browsing through some of Zoppino's patterns from 1529 and realized that I had seen some of these exact patterns before from other books. Nicolo Zoppino was an Italian from Venice. His pattern book from 1529 was called Esemplario di Lavori. It's at the Met.

 

 

 Photo credit - The Met

 

For example, there is a double cross pattern that is in Zoppino's pattern book, but it is also in Giovanni Antonio Tagliente's 1530 (Italian) book and Nicolas Bassee's New Modelbuch (German) from 1568.

An acorn pattern is not only in Zoppino's book, but also in Hans Hofer's Formbuchlein (German) from 1545 and Nicolas Bassee's New Modelbuch (German) from 1568. 

There is a triple cross pattern above the acorn pattern in Zoppino's 1529 book, but it is also in Hans Hofer's Formbuchlein (German) from 1545.

 

 

 

Here are links to various 16th century Modelbuchs online that I have found so far:

 

-  Ein Neu Modelbuch by Johann Schonsberger from 1524

-  Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne by Willem Vorsterman from 1527

-  Modelbuch aller art Nehewercks un Strickens by Christian Engenulf from 1527

-  Ein new getruckt Model Büchli by Johann Schonsberger from 1529
- Esemplario di Lavori by Nicolo Zoppino from 1529

-  Opera Nova Universali by Giovanni Vavassore from 1530

-  Ein Ney Formbuchlein by Johan Swartzenberger from 1534

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Modelbuch aller Art Nehens vn Stickens

 by Christian Egenolff from 1535 (more pages are listed below under Related Artworks)

-  Formbuchlein by Hans Hofer from 1545

- L'Honesto Essemplario by Matthio Pagan from 1550

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Modelbuch new, aller Art, Nehens und Stickens

 by Hermann Gülfferich from 1553

-  Patrons pour brodeurs by Iehan Ruelle from 1554

- New Modelbüch allen Nägerin u. Sydenstickern by Hans Hoffman from 1556

- La Vera Perfezione del Disegno Per Punti e Ricami by Giovanni Ostaus from 1561

-  New Kunstliches Modelbuch by Bernhard Jobin from 1589

-  Vorglagen fur Nadelarbeiten by Giovan Battista Ciotti from 1591

-  Corona delle Nobili e Virtuous Donne by Cesere Vecellio from 1592

-  New Modelbuch by Georg Straub from 1593

-  Schön Neues Modelbuch by Johann Siebmacher from 1597

-  Du Debvoir des Filles by Jean Baptiste de Glen from 1597

-  Ghirlanda di sei uaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi giardini d'Italia by Pietro Tozzi from 1598

- Neu künstlich Modelbuch by Bernhard Jobin from 1598