Design
1559 (Designed)
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Designs for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero dedicated to Elena Foscara, 16 October 1559.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour on paper. |
| Brief description | Design for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero |
| Physical description | Leaf of three different designs laid out in a horizontal format at regular intervals on cream-coloured laid paper with a watermark. Each design is one wide line of decoration in pen and brown ink including respectively in order: a design of flowers and leaves on either side of a central spade shape drawn in pen and brown ink interlaced with the lines of the plant stems; a symetrical design of red flowers and acanthus painted in green; red carnations alternating with pomegranate shapes each with an internal flower. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '11' (The figure is written in the same brown ink as that in which the designs are drawn.) |
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| Summary | Designs for embroidery from a volume of designs by Lunardo Fero dedicated to Elena Foscara, 16 October 1559. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1909, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910 |
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| Accession number | E.1940:11-1909 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2005 |
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