Neües Danβerlein Büechel: Winter Und Sommer Gaertlein, Plate 32
32nd plate of pocket-sized Textile Pattern Book with title page 13 pages of letterpressed text, printed on recto and verso, and 33 plates with small textile patterns. This type of pattern book, dated 1691, is of an unusually small format, featuring intricately decorated titles and text, rarely present in German pattern books for women of the 17th century. The plate consists of a grid of thin lines, filled with an embroidery pattern, likely intended for cross-stitching, with a lozenge containing a grid of lozenges with four-petal rosettes inside, framed by lozenges with thicker outlines containing smaller rosettes in the center. The pattern is executed by filling with dots the spaces of the grid with black to reveal the design motifs. It would have been used mostly by women as a guide in their needlework, which was a type of "entertainment-work" they were expected to engage with during their free time in the home at the time this pattern book was produced.
Artwork Details
- Title: Neües Danβerlein Büechel: Winter Und Sommer Gaertlein, Plate 32
- Artist: Elisabeth Auingerin (Austrian, active 1691)
- Publisher: H. N. D. C. (Austrian, active Linz, 1691)
- Date: 1691
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 3 7/8 in. (7 × 9.8 cm)
Plate: 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (6.3 × 8.8 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Marjorie B. Cohn, in memory of Lois Orswell, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.584(33)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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