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Design
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Design
- Place of origin:
Lucca, Italy (probably, made)
Venice, Italy (possibly, made) - Date:
1375-1399 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
pen and bistre on tracing paper mounted on card
- Museum number:
2328A
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case MB2F, shelf SH6, box T11A
Physical description
Tracing of the verso of a design for a woven silk with on the left three hares in a circle above which is a chalice within a hexagon and on the right are three ducks in water above which is the dove of the Holy Spirit on brown tracing paper attached to a cream-coloured card support.
Place of Origin
Lucca, Italy (probably, made)
Venice, Italy (possibly, made)
Date
1375-1399 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
pen and bistre on tracing paper mounted on card
Marks and inscriptions
Blind stamp of crown within an oval with an oval band of lettering around the crown.
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm, Width: 17.2 cm
Descriptive line
Tracing of a design for a woven silk, Venetian, last quarter of the fourteenth century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Coutts, Howard, Evans, Mark and Monnas, Lisa, 'An early Italian drawing in the Victorian and Albert Museum'. The Burlington Magazine. Volume CL, number 1263, June 2008, pp. 389-392, ill.
Production Note
Attribution note: The meandering motif of barley stalks and heads is possibly for embroidery.
Materials
Bistre; Vellum (skin)
Techniques
Drawing; Tracing
Subjects depicted
Tracing
Categories
Textiles; Designs
Production Type
Design
Collection code
PDP
