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Metalwork Design

c. 1608 (Engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for goldsmithing ornament


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Mongrammist A.D., plate I from an unidentified suite of designs for goldsmith's ornament in the niello manner, black arabesques on a white ground. French, c. 1608.
Physical description
Design for goldsmithing ornament
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.7cm
  • Width: 14.4cm
Bibliographic references
  • See note in Micromedia catalogue on identification of this plate.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Accession number
E.1793-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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