NEW PUBLICATION D-YS069 Flora Klickmann – Little Girl’s Cooking Book Small hardcover, 68 pages excluding covers, colofon and title pages. Contains receipes and an extensive explanation of the methods of working and the reasoning behind it. The author addresses the reader directly. Apple tarts, cakes, making lemonade, trifle, plum pudding, boiling fish and eggs and […]
2022-04-29 New Publication: Turkish Tapestry Pattern
NEW PUBLICATION M-YS002 Turkish Tapestry Pattern Small square pattern (99×99 stitches) reconstructed from the tapestry on the loom model (M-YS001). Center part filled in as best fit. Charted by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING Donate to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and website development, web hosting costs, data […]
2022-04-27 New Publication: Turkish Tapestry Loom Model
NEW PUBLICATION M-YS001 Turkish Tapestry Loom Model Small model of a tapestry loom, probably made for the tourist trade or as advertisment item. It has a seating bench in the front, two lease sticks, and a bar that holds balls of wool in the required colors, as well as part of a tapestry. The tensioning […]
2022-04-25 New Publication: Coats & Clark’s – Crochet Money-Makers for your Bazaar
NEW PUBLICATION M-SB002 Coats & Clark’s – Crochet Money-Makers for your Bazaar 12 pages including covers. ” … the items in this book are just the things to appeal to bazaar-buyers … and they cost so little to make that a selling price of a dollar will bring a pretty profit.” Crochet, Brother and Sister […]
2022-04-23 New Publication: T.E. Parker – Knitting and Crocheting
NEW PUBLICATION M-TK001 T.E. Parker – Knitting and Crocheting Small book, 8 pages of advertisements , 16 pages of knitting and crochet patterns, followed by another 8 pages of advertisements and example pages of other books. Knitting: Shoulder shawl, Child’s knit leggings, Lady’s fancy wrister, Lady’s mitten, Child’s skirt, Infant’s Shetland wool vest. Crochet: Boy’s […]
2022-04-22 New Publication: 6634 – Three ladybugs on green leaves
NEW PUBLICATION M-TH001 6634 Three ladybugs on green leaves Small fragment of a handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern probably containing multiple small motifs. This one shows three ladybugs each on its own green leaf. Image donated by an ebay seller who would prefer to be anonymous, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING Donate to […]
2022-04-21 New Publication: Lena Dalkeith – Aesop’s Fables told to the Children
NEW PUBLICATION M-FW001 Lena Dalkeith – Aesop’s Fables told to the Children Small hardcover, 47 pages, illustrated with 24 plates including the frontispiece, by Sophia Rosamond Praeger. Simple short stories, 47 fables so one per page on average. From the series Told to the Children. Probably from 1910 although earlier editions exist. Blank pages omitted. […]
2022-03-06 New Publication: Journal des Jeunes Personnes – Prayer chair seat with initials MA and crosses
NEW PUBLICATION L-PC004 Journal des Jeunes Personnes – Prayer chair seat with initials MA and crosses Single sheet, litho. Fiddleback shaped chair seat, central motif initials MA surrounded by four crosses, brown floral border. Two cut out squares to accommodate the chair legs. Image donated by ebay seller planete-collections, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma […]
2022-03-05 New Publication: Journal des Jeunes Personnes – Prayer chair top with IHS and crosses
NEW PUBLICATION L-PC003 Journal des Jeunes Personnes – Prayer chair top with IHS and crosses Single sheet, litho. Rectangular chair top, central IHS flanked by crosses, floral brown border. Design can be extended as border design. Image donated by ebay seller planete-collections, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma FUNDRAISING Donate to support the Antique […]
2022-03-02 New Publication: Heinrich Kuehn – 14621 – Corner design with wild aster flowers
NEW PUBLICATION C-YS363 Heinrich Kuehn – 14621 – Corner design with flowers Handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern on cream cardboard. Corner design with wild aster flowers and leaves. Scan donated by Matthijs Ufkes, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma. FUNDRAISING Donate to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and […]