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 consists of a meandering stems with palmettes seen side on, leaves, and flowers, some of the motifs are picked out in red. The design on the right depicts a pink putto at the bottom, seated on a dolphin, and one at the top by a bird with a swirling pattern of green leaves and large, red flowers between. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '24' (The figure is drawn in the same pen and ink as the design.) |
| Object history | The depiction of putti is Italian not Ottoman. |
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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.1940:24-1909 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2005 |
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