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Designs

Designs

  • Place of origin:

    Venice, Italy (Designed)

  • Date:

    16/10/1559 (Designed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fero, Lunardo (Designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper

  • Museum number:

    E.1940:16-1909

  • 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 vertical format at regular intervals on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is one line of decoration in pen and brown ink including respectively in order from the left:; palmettes seen from the side and leaf forms with interlacing stems, the spaces between are filled in with yellow-ochre watercolour; a band of everlasting knots; a branch of leaves painted in green watercolour,

Place of Origin

Venice, Italy (Designed)

Date

16/10/1559 (Designed)

Artist/maker

Fero, Lunardo (Designer)

Materials and Techniques

Pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper

Marks and inscriptions

'16'

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

Watercolour; Ink; Laid paper

Techniques

Drawing; Painting

Subjects depicted

Palmettes; Venice

Categories

Textiles; Designs; Embroidery; Fashion; Pattern books

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O117696
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