La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 39 (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(42)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This 1605 woodcut comes from the instructional book *La Pratique de l’Aiguille* (“The Practice of the Needle”), a practical guide to embroidery and needlework published in France. Designed by Matthias Mignerak and printed by Pierre Firens under the patronage of Queen Marie de’ Medici, the page belongs to a tradition of pattern books that helped spread fashionable designs across Europe. Its classification among ornament and architecture prints highlights how such volumes served both domestic craft and broader decorative tastes at the French court. The woodcut technique allowed delicate floral ...
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