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.
Object details
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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 two different designs laid out in a vertical format on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is one, wide band of decoration in pen and brown ink and painted in watercolours. The design on the left is composed of a network of interlacing lines in pen and ink terminated with red buds. In the centre of this network is a large, four-petalled flower painted in yellow-ochre. The design on the right has the appearance of being stencilled in that there is no suggestion of a border. It consists of green leaves and palmettes seen side on. There is a large flower the petals of which appear white as the paper is left exposed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '21' (The figure is written in the same brown ink as that in which the designs are drawn.) |
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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.1940:21-1909 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2005 |
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