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Objectillustration: Books Prints Ornament & Architecture
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Author of the objectIsabella Catanea Parasole
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumWoodcut, engraving
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SizeOverall: 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in. (19 x 26.5 cm)
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Geography details
Italy -
Country today
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Date1616
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
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Written by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Mauritio Bona, Rome.
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Design composed of 5 horizontal registers that form a corner. First register is decorated with a flower that is attached to the inside of the corner. Second register is decorated with a pattern of foliage forming ‘S’ shapes. Third register is decorated with a pattern of coiling vines and flowers that flank a central foliage element in the shape of an ‘X’ with fleurs-de-lis at each of its corners and an eagle above it. Fourth register is decorated with an alternating pattern of right-side up and upside-down ‘u’ shapes. Fifth register is decorated with a pattern of flowers with encircling stems; the middle flower has a cross at its center.