Cauallo frenato

Ferraro, Pirro Antonio, active 17th century · 1602 · In Napoli : Appresso Antonio Pace · 40 pictures

Cauallo frenato is a 1602 horsemanship treatise by Pirro Antonio Ferraro, printed in Naples by Antonio Pace for horsemen and riders. Its pages show engraved horse bits and bridles drawn frontally and symmetrically on plain paper, with ornate cheekpieces, curved shanks, and chain curbs set against clean white ground. A designer could take from them the decorative logic of early modern metalwork, with scrolled ironwork, rings, and bilateral symmetry suited to ornamental panels or heraldic motifs.

Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800 · Bridles -- Early works to 1800 · Bits (Bridles) -- Early works to 1800

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