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Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa

1557 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is for bobbin lace and is composed of 2 vertical columns. Left column is decorated with a base ornamented with an interlace pattern that forms diamonds and 2 ovals with a leaf inside; on top of the base is a curving vine with 3 large floral motifs. Right column is decorated with a base ornamented with a zigzagging line with an alternating pattern of a floral motif followed by a heart at the top.

Artist

Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa

Date

1557

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937