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Design for a sword hilt

Drawing
1550s (illustrated)
Artist/Maker
Filippo Orso (illustrator)
Place of origin
Italy (illustrated)

Design for a sword hilt

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Arms & Armour
Designs
Object type
Drawing
TitleDesign for a sword hilt (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, with brown and yellow wash
Pen and Ink
Wash
Paper
Illustration
Wash
Brief description
Drawing, Design for a sword hilt, by Filippo Orso, Italian School, pen and ink, with wash, 1550s
Physical description
Design for a sword hilt
Dimensions
  • Height: 222mm
  • Width: 222mm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480- 1980, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
Style
Italian School
Production typeUnique
Object history
Provenance: Transferred from the Art Museum 1864
Subjects depicted
Armour
Swords
Designs
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, cat. 213, p. 107. ORSO, FILIPPO (active 1554) 213 Design for a sword hilt Pen and ink, with brown and yellow wash 8 ¾ x 8 ¾ (222 x 222) 1088 PROVENANCE Transferred from the Art Museum 1864 It is a variant of a design in the Orso album (E.1798 – 1929), described under no. 212. Not illustrated
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1088

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O503882/design-for-a-sword-hilt-drawing-filippo-orso/
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