Design
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 paper. |
Brief description | Design for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero |
Physical description | Leaf of two different designs laid out in a vertical format on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is a wide line of decoration in pen and brown ink and painted in watercolours. On the left is a designs of flowers painted in red and yellow-ochre with swirling acanthus stems and leaves. On the right is a design consisting of a curving line in pen and ink which is a stem for green leaves and berries in yellow-ochre and flowers in red. |
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Marks and inscriptions | '9' (In pen and the same brown ink as the designs.) |
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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.1940:9-1909 |
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Record created | September 23, 2005 |
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