Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 67 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (24 x 16.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Accession Number
39.30(74)
Art Historical Context
This woodcut print comes from *Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie* (1603), a pattern book by the Venetian designer Federico de Vinciolo. Published in France with the involvement of printer Jean Le Clerc and linked to Catherine de Bourbon, the volume offered intricate designs for lace and linen work. Page 67 recto exemplifies the ornamental patterns that helped spread fashionable textile motifs across Europe at the turn of the seventeenth century. Woodcuts like this one played a vital role in the early modern period by making detailed designs widely available to artisans ...
About the Artist
Federico de Vinciolo|Jean Le Clerc|Catherine de Bourbon (Italian| |French) · 1582 | |1558 –1599 | |1604
Italian, active Paris, ca. 1587–99| |French, 1558–1604