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Libro primo de rechami p elquale se impara in diuersi modi l'ordine e il modo de recamare : cosa nō mai piu fatta ne stata mostrata : el qual modo se insegna al lettore voltando la carta

Paganino, Alessandro, 1509-1538 · 1878 · [Venezia : F. Ongania] · 11 pictures

A facsimile of Alessandro Paganino's 1527 Venetian pattern book for embroiderers, reissued by Ongania in Venice in 1878. Its pictures are tall vertical panels of interlaced strapwork, scrolling vine and acanthus, and knotted ornament, printed in black on cream, offering a designer dense, repeatable border and band patterns for textiles, lettering frames and decorative edges.

Embroidery

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