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Designs

Designs

  • Place of origin:

    Venice, Italy (Designed)

  • Date:

    1559 (Designed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fero, Lunardo (Designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pen and ink and watercolour on paper.

  • Museum number:

    E.1940:11-1909

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case V, shelf 5, box B

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

Physical description

Leaf of three different designs laid out in a horizontal format at regular intervals on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is one wide line of decoration in pen and brown ink including respectively in order: a design of flowers and leaves on either side of a central spade shape drawn in pen and brown ink interlaced with the lines of the plant stems; a symetrical design of red flowers and acanthus painted in green; red carnations alternating with pomegranate shapes each with an internal flower.

Place of Origin

Venice, Italy (Designed)

Date

1559 (Designed)

Artist/maker

Fero, Lunardo (Designer)

Materials and Techniques

Pen and ink and watercolour on paper.

Marks and inscriptions

'11'

Dimensions

Height: 19.3 cm, Width: 14.5 cm

Exhibition History

At Home in Renaissance Italy (Victoria and Albert Museum 05/10/2006-07/01/2007)

Materials

Paper; Watercolour; Pen

Techniques

Drawing; Painting

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Acanthus; Carnations; Venice

Categories

Textiles; Designs; Embroidery; Fashion; Pattern books

Collection code

PDP

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