Blackwork Print with an Oval at Center Flanked by Pendants Hanging from Foliate Scrolls, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work

Etienne Carteron

1615 · Blackwork engraving · Drawings and Prints

Blackwork Print with an Oval at Center Flanked by Pendants Hanging from Foliate Scrolls, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work — Etienne Carteron

Symmetrical blackwork design with a large oval at center with a Schweifwerk pattern. At bottom left and right two pendants with Schweifwerk in ovals hang from foliate scrolls with flowers and pea-pod elements in the upper corners. Plate 8 from a series of eight plates published in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (Ain) with blackwork designs for goldsmiths' work.

Artist: Etienne Carteron
Date: 1615
Medium: Blackwork engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947