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Conuiuio dele belle donne : doue con li nuoui recami & lauorieri co[n] giusta misura compassati et non piu veduti de immortalitate con l'ingegno suo farsene degne si puole, acquistando tra le nobile, con propie mani mediante questo nuouo nostro conuiuio loco a se nobilissimo

Zoppino, Nicolò, active 1508-1544 · 1531 · Nuouamente stampato in Vinegia : Per Nicolo d'Aristotile detto Zoppino · 10 pictures

Conuiuio dele belle donne is a 1531 Venetian pattern book printed by Nicolò Zoppino, aimed at women who embroidered and made lace. Its pictures are woodcut strips of interlace, scrollwork, and foliate ornament printed in black and white, each panel set in a plain rectangle with a letter-and-numeral signature below. A designer could draw on them for borders, band ornaments, and Renaissance-style interlace.

Lace and lace making -- Patterns -- Early works to 1800 · Embroidery -- Patterns -- Early works to 1800

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library