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Print - Patterns for bookbinding stamps
  • Patterns for bookbinding stamps
    Schwertfeger, Johann Georg
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Patterns for bookbinding stamps

  • Object:

    Print

  • Place of origin:

    Germany (made)

  • Date:

    1697 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Schwertfeger, Johann Georg (etcher)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Etching on paper

  • Museum number:

    E.365-1911

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case EO, shelf 39, box A

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This series of etched patterns, created by Johann Georg Schwertfeger in the seventeenth century, was intended for bookbinders’ use. The designs are for the stamps used by bookbinders to decorate leather bindings. This print is arranged so that it resembles a page from an encyclopaedia of ornament, with each design carrying an identification number. The patterns range from simple geometric designs to birds to Christ on a crucifix.

Physical description

A print showing a range of designs, such as flowers and birds, numbered from 1 to 78

Place of Origin

Germany (made)

Date

1697 (made)

Artist/maker

Schwertfeger, Johann Georg (etcher)

Materials and Techniques

Etching on paper

Marks and inscriptions

Ordnung der Schnidftempffel

Dimensions

Height: 15.7 cm image, Width: 18.9 cm image

Descriptive line

Patterns for bookbinding stamps by Johann Georg Schwertfeger, etching, German, 1697

Exhibition History

From the Engraved Ornament Gallery, at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Labels and date

The full text of the label is as follows:

"PRINT: PATTERNS FOR BOOKBINDING STAMPS
German, 1697
Etching by Johann Georg Schwertfeger of Nuremberg. From the set Nutzliches Stempffelbuch (useful book of stamps).

Bookbinders use quite a small range of stamps in many different wasy to decorate leather bindings. Arranged as they are here they resemble a page from an encyclopaedia of ornament.

E.365-1911"

Production Note

From the set Nutzliches Stempffelbuch ("useful book of stamps")

Subjects depicted

Birds; Flowers (plants)

Categories

Ornament prints

Collection code

PDP

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