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75 original pages · 6 source booksOriginal scans · Always source-linked
Dillmont · AlphabeteGerman
Dillmont · AlphabeteGerman
Dillmont · AlphabeteGerman
Wilkie · Cross-stitch embroideryEnglish
Dillmont · Volume 1French
Dillmont · Volume 2French
Dillmont · Volume 1French
Dillmont · Volume 1French
Dillmont · Volume 1French
Dillmont · Volume 1French
Dillmont · Volume 1French
Dillmont · Volume 1French
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The books behind the patterns / 06 VOLUMES

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1890

Album de broderies au point de croix, vol. 1

Thérèse de Dillmont · French

Full book
1890

Album de broderies au point de croix, vol. 2

Thérèse de Dillmont · French

Full book
1890

Album de broderies au point de croix, vol. 3

Thérèse de Dillmont · French

Full book
1899

Cross-stitch embroidery

Harriet Cushman Wilkie · English

Full book
1917

An embroidery pattern book

Mary E. Waring · English

Full book
c. 1900

Alphabete für die Stickerin

Thérèse de Dillmont · German

Full book
01 / THE PROJECT

History is full of patterns.
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We’re starting with 75 selected pages from 6 digitized books. Every record links to its source and reuse information. This is the beginning of the index; the full books contain more pages than we’ve tagged so far.

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