Fashion and Virtue in New York

Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620

is an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan through January 10, 2016.

A Modelbuch from 1553.

A pattern book for needlework

from the beginnings of the era of printed books.

"This interdisciplinary exhibition, drawn largely from the Metropolitan Museum's own collection, combines printed pattern books, drawings, textile samples, costumes, paintings, and various other works of art to evoke the colorful world in which the Renaissance textile pattern books first emerged and functioned."

See more here:
http://metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/fashion-and-virtue

Detail of a print

Lucretia Instructing Her Daughters in Needlework,

1557

Notice the Modelbuch with the pattern.

Events scheduled for children and adults:

Sunday Studio: Light and Shadow Designs
Sunday, December 6, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Free with Museum admission; admission is free for children under 12 with an adult.

Gallery Talk: Exhibition Tour 

Saturday, December 19, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Free with Museum admission

Studio Workshop: Textile Design with Ink and Thread
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Fee: $215 for the three-session workshop (includes Museum admission and materials)

View the objects in an online exhibit here:

http://metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=%7bFCA3143B-1866-4D28-810D-1DD58F0D4EDB%7d&rpp=20&pg=1