Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 11 (verso)
Publisher Matteo Pagano Italian
Binder Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd British
Not on view
Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice, bound by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, British, active London after 1821.
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Design composed of 5 vertical columns. First column is decorated with an ornamented zigzagging line. Second column is decorated with a figure-8 motif with 2 'X's flanking it on the top and bottom. Third column is decorated with 2 intertwining lines forming ovals; the center oval contains a 4-petaled flower. Fourth column is decorated with an 'X' followed by a diamond, another 'X', and a backward 'S'. Fifth column is decorated with a series of diversely-patterned diagonal lines.
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