Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 99 (recto)
Publisher Cesare Vecellio Italian
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Published by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice.
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Design composed of 4 horizontal registers. Frist register is decorated on the top edge with 4 ornamented pentagonal motifs; bottom edge is decorated with a wavy line of flowers framed within diamonds that flank a central female composite creature with 2 birds at her sides. Second register is decorated with 2 overlapping zigzag lines that form diamonds that frame flowers and triangular shapes that frame another triangle. Third register is decorated with an alternating pattern of right-side up and upside-down triangular motifs formed by curving vines around flowers. Fourth register is decorated with a pattern of flowers that have black-and-white striped vines.
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