Federico de Vinciolo or Federico Vinciolo was a sixteenth-century

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-maker and

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er attached to the court of

Henry II of France Henry II (french: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder bro ...

. He was granted a monopoly on manufacturing lace ruffs in France. His book of needlework patterns, ''Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtaicts'', was published in many editions between 1587 and 1623. An unabridged reprint of a 1909 facsimile of this book was issued by

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as ''Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint'' in 1971.

References

*Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: ''Lace: The Elegant Web'', . *Vinciolo, Federico: ''Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint'', Dover Books, 1971.

External links

Online facsimile of ''Les Singuliers'
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