Essempio di recammi, page 22 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 7 13/16 x 6 3/16 x 3/8 in. (19.8 x 15.7 x 1 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
Accession Number
35.75.3(43)
Art Historical Context
This woodcut comes from *Essempio di recammi*, a 1530 embroidery pattern book printed in Venice by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente and his brothers. Page 22 (recto) exemplifies the practical yet elegant designs that Renaissance artisans used to guide needlework. As both a printer and author, Tagliente helpedize instructional manuals that made sophisticated ornamental motifs accessible beyond court workshops. In the early sixteenth century, woodcut printing revolutionized the spread of textile patterns across Europe. These affordable volumes allowed embroiderers—from professional seamstresses to no...
About the Artist
Giovanni Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio e i fratelli|Giovanni Antonio Tagliente (Italian|Italian) · 1522 |1465 –1545 |1528
Italian, active Venice, ca. 1522–1545|Italian, Venice ca. 1465–1528 Venice