Libbretto nouellamete composto per maestro Domenico da Sera...lauorare di ogni sorte di punti, page 20 (recto)
Domenico da Sera
April 12, 1532
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 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
35.79(39)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Ornament
About the Artist
Domenico da Sera · 1500–1599
Domenico da Sera, also known as Domenico da Sera detto il Franciosino ("the Little Frenchman") or Dominique de Sera (Dominique da Celle), was a French designer and publisher active in the 16th century, whose innovative pattern books revolutionized embroidery and lace-making across Europe. A poem in one of his works reveals he was born in Toulouse and later domiciled in Italy, reflecting his transn...