La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 31 (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(34)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This woodcut from the 1605 book *La Pratique de l'Aiguille* (The Practice of the Needle) offers a charming glimpse into the decorative arts of early seventeenth-century France. Created by Matthias Mignerak with contributions from printmaker Pierre Firens and publisher Jean Le Clerc, the page served as a practical pattern for embroidery enthusiasts. Measuring just over nine by seven inches, the design features delicate ornamental motifs of birds and flowers, typical of pattern books helped spread elegant needlework techniques across Europe. Dedicated in part to Marie de Medici, then Queen of F...
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