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Artist/Maker	Fero, Lunardo (Designer)
Place of origin	Venice (Designed)

Designs for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero dedicated to Elena Foscara, 16 October 1559.

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Categories	Designs Embroidery Fashion Pattern Books Textiles
Object type	Design
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper. Ink Watercolour Paper Drawing Painting
Brief description	Design for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero; Florence, 1559
Physical description	Leaf of two different designs laid out in a vertical format on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is in pen and brown ink. The left design is of three differnet types of large flowers painted in red and yellow-ochre with green leaves. The design on the right is like a panel of floral ornament with interlacing acanthus. The designs appears to repeat at the sides.
Dimensions	Height: 19.3cm Width: 14.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	'8' (The figure '8' does not have a top. It is in the same brown ink as the designs.) 'D G' (The watermark is near the binding.)
Production	Attribution note: The design with a lateral repeat does not suggest a design for embroidery but rather for woven silk.
Subjects depicted	Flowers Leaves Acanthus Interlacing
Place depicted	Venice
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
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1940:8-1909

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Record created	September 22, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O116971/design-fero-lunardo/

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