Libro quarto. De rechami per elquale se impara in diuersi modi lordine e il modo de recamare...Opera noua, page 17 (recto)

Art Historical Context

This woodcut page comes Alessandro Paganino’s *Libro quarto*, influential pattern book published in Italy around 1532. Titled *De rechami* (“On Embroidery”), the volume offered practical instructions for creating needlework in diverse styles, making sophisticated designs available to a wider audience of artisans and homemakers during the Renaissance. The page features elegant arrangements of leaves and vines, typical motifs that could be adapted for clothing, linens, or furnishings. As a woodcut printed in a modest book format, this work highlights the growing role of printmaking in spreading...