La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 21 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (23.5 x 18 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.50.1(24)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This woodcut comes from *La Pratique de l’Aiguille* (“The Practice of the Needle”), a 1605 instructional book on embroidery and needlework published in France. Created by Matthias Mignerak with contributions from engraver Pierre Firens, printer Jean Le Clerc, and under the patronage of Marie de’ Medici, the page belongs to a genre of early pattern books that guided women in mastering decorative stitches. Its classification among ornament and architecture prints highlights how such volumes blended practical craft with artistic design. Printed from a carved woodblock, the medium allowed for cle...
About the Artist
Matthias Mignerak|Pierre Firens|Marie de Medici|Jean Le Clerc (Italian| | |French) · 1575 | | |1641 –1642 | | |1641
Florence 1575–1642 Colgne| | |French, born Paris 1641