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 | The volume has to be turned to see the leaf properly. It consists of two different designs laid out in a horizontal format on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is drawn in pen and ink with animals or birds painted in watercolours. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '22' (The figure is written in the same brown ink as that in which the designs are drawn. The figure is at the bottom left of the page when looking at it with the volume in a vertical position which is the wrong position for viewing 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.1940:22-1909 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2005 |
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