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16/10/1559 (Designed)
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Designs for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero dedicated to Elena Foscara, 16 October 1559.
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Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper. |
Brief description | Design for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero |
Physical description | Leaf of three different, designs laid out in a horizontal format at regular intervals on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. There are three designs in pen and brown ink painted in yellow-ochre, red and green. On the left side near the binding is a vertical design consisting of diamond shapes divided by crosses amidst scrolling acanthus and flowers with flame-shaped petals in pen and brown ink. There are two round designs: on the top is a pelican in her piety pecking at her breast amidst flowers and leaves beneath which is a circular pattern of a cruciform flower in red and yellow-ochre surrounded by acanthus. |
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Summary | Designs for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero dedicated to Elena Foscara, 16 October 1559. |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1909, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910 |
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Accession number | E.1940:7-1909 |
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Record created | September 22, 2005 |
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