Nuovi inventioni d’ornamenti d’architettura e d’intagli diversi: utili ad argentieri, intagliatori, ricamatori et altri professori delle buone arti del disegno

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Artist/Maker	Filippo Passarini (designer) Passarini (engraver)
Place of origin	Rome (printed)

Passarini’s “Nuove inventioni d’ornamenti d’architettura e d’intagli diversi: utili ad argentieri, intagliatori, ricamatori et altri professori delle buone arti del disegno”, was published as a model book for goldsmiths and craftsmen. It consists of 32 designs for various objects from coaches to reliquaries and coats of arms. Many of the plates represent coaches, reflecting Passarini’s main activity as a coach designer.

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Category	Ornament Prints
Object type	Print
Materials and techniques	Etching
Brief description	Filippo Passarini. One of 24 plates from a suite of 32 designs for architectural ornament and goldsmith's work. Italian, 1698.
Physical description	Plate 15.
Dimensions	To plate mark height: 22.8cm To plate mark width: 32.0cm
Style	Baroque
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'In Roma nella Stamperia di Domenico de Rossi alla Pace con Priu.' 'Philip:us Passarinus I: &: S: No./ 15'
Summary	Passarini’s “Nuove inventioni d’ornamenti d’architettura e d’intagli diversi: utili ad argentieri, intagliatori, ricamatori et altri professori delle buone arti del disegno”, was published as a model book for goldsmiths and craftsmen. It consists of 32 designs for various objects from coaches to reliquaries and coats of arms. Many of the plates represent coaches, reflecting Passarini’s main activity as a coach designer.
Bibliographic references	Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.319, 40 (1). (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 3715.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1519-1923

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O770834/nuovi-inventioni-dornamenti-darchitettura-e-print-filippo-passarini/

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