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Ursula's Alcove
Books : Weaving
Anna Neuper's Modelbuch
by Nancy Spies with Ute Bargmann
Softcover, $12.00
ISBN-13: 9780971896017
ISBN 10: 0971896011
Pages: 56
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Back Cover: A small, leather-covered book of handwritten patterns for gold brocaded tabletwoven bands
resides in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel, Germany.
Written in 1517 by Anna Neuper, a seventy-year old nun in the St.
Clare Convent in Nurnberg, it contains forty-five different patterns
with variations and is among the earliest pattern books for any textile technique.
These patterns have been transcribed into modern charts and
are presented with background information by Nancy Spies with Ute Bargmann.
This book is a must for every tablet weaver and anyone who can work from graphed designs.
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