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Pattern Book

ca.1895 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glass-blowers’ pattern-book containing design (1595) for wine glasses, goblets, tumblers, decanters, tazzas and cruet sets etc. 322 pages of tracing paper, with 4 laid endpapers, full-bound in leather.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on tracing paper, bound in leather
Brief description
Glass-blowers' pattern-book containing designs (1595) for wine glasses, goblets, tumblers, decanters, tazzas and cruet sets etc. 322 pages of tracing paper, with 4 laid endpapers, one watermarked 1895, full-bound in leather. From the Venice and Murano Glass Co. Ltd., London.
Physical description
Glass-blowers’ pattern-book containing design (1595) for wine glasses, goblets, tumblers, decanters, tazzas and cruet sets etc. 322 pages of tracing paper, with 4 laid endpapers, full-bound in leather.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Width: 19.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1' to '1595' (Numbered)
  • (Several leaves stamped with name of firm)
Credit line
Given by Mr. Umberto Arbib
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. Liefkes, Reino, “A Pattern Book of the Venice and Murano Glass Company Ltd”, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti: Atti, Vol CLXXIV, ‘Study Days on Venetian Glass’, edited by Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Cristina Tonini, Venice 2016, p. 131-142.
Collection
Accession number
E.217-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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