Designs for jewellery by Arnold Lulls
Album
ca. 1585-1640 (made)
ca. 1585-1640 (made)
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Two drawings of pendants from an album of jewellery designs, one representing a dragon and the other a sea-unicorn. These drawings are on a separate sheet of paper, affixed to page 5 of the album. In addition, there are two more pencil drawings affixed to this sheet depicting a Garter George and a Garter badge. The album consists of three preliminary leaves of contemporary laid paper (two with unidentified watermarks), forty leaves of vellum and three final leaves of paper corresponding to those at the front of the album. Inserted are nine sheets of paper and three of vellum bearing designs, notes, transcripts of letters etc. 92 pages, full-bound in contemporary calf skin, gold-tooled, gilt edges, with fragments of green silk ties on the fore-edges of the front and back covers. The drawings are in pencil, pen and ink, wash, body-colour and gold.
Object details
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| Title | Designs for jewellery by Arnold Lulls (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Design in pencil in a calf skin album |
| Brief description | Two drawings of pendants from an album (in 25 parts) of designs for jewellery by Arnold Lulls, depicting a dragon and a sea-unicorn. Dutch School, ca. late 16th to early 17th century. |
| Physical description | Two drawings of pendants from an album of jewellery designs, one representing a dragon and the other a sea-unicorn. These drawings are on a separate sheet of paper, affixed to page 5 of the album. In addition, there are two more pencil drawings affixed to this sheet depicting a Garter George and a Garter badge. The album consists of three preliminary leaves of contemporary laid paper (two with unidentified watermarks), forty leaves of vellum and three final leaves of paper corresponding to those at the front of the album. Inserted are nine sheets of paper and three of vellum bearing designs, notes, transcripts of letters etc. 92 pages, full-bound in contemporary calf skin, gold-tooled, gilt edges, with fragments of green silk ties on the fore-edges of the front and back covers. The drawings are in pencil, pen and ink, wash, body-colour and gold. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Referenced in: Hayward, J. 'The Arnold Lulls Book of Jewels and the Court Jewellers of Queen Anne of Denmark'. Archaeologia. v.108, pp. 227-237. London, 1986. |
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| Accession number | D.6:1-1896 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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