Libbretto nouellamete composto per maestro Domenico da Sera...lauorare di ogni sorte di punti, page 19 (verso)
Domenico da Sera
April 12, 1532
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
Accession Number
35.79(38)
About the Artist
Domenico da Sera · 1500–1599
Domenico da Sera, also known as Domenico da Sera detto il Franciosino ("the Little Frenchman") or Dominique de Sera (Dominique da Celle), was a French designer and publisher active in the 16th century, whose innovative pattern books revolutionized embroidery and lace-making across Europe. A poem in one of his works reveals he was born in Toulouse and later domiciled in Italy, reflecting his transn...