Pattern Book
ca.1895 (made)
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Glass-blowers’ pattern-book containing design (1595) for wine glasses, goblets, tumblers, decanters, tazzas and cruet sets etc. 322 pages of tracing paper, with 4 laid endpapers, full-bound in leather.
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on tracing paper, bound in leather |
| Brief description | Glass-blowers' pattern-book containing designs (1595) for wine glasses, goblets, tumblers, decanters, tazzas and cruet sets etc. 322 pages of tracing paper, with 4 laid endpapers, one watermarked 1895, full-bound in leather. From the Venice and Murano Glass Co. Ltd., London. |
| Physical description | Glass-blowers’ pattern-book containing design (1595) for wine glasses, goblets, tumblers, decanters, tazzas and cruet sets etc. 322 pages of tracing paper, with 4 laid endpapers, full-bound in leather. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. Umberto Arbib |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Liefkes, Reino, “A Pattern Book of the Venice and Murano Glass Company Ltd”, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti: Atti, Vol CLXXIV, ‘Study Days on Venetian Glass’, edited by Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Cristina Tonini, Venice 2016, p. 131-142. |
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| Accession number | E.217-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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