Research on 16th and 17th century pattern books for embroiderers, lacemakers, and artisans of all kinds
Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:44 PM
Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:44 PM
For the Seventh Day of Christmas/New Year’s Eve, I hope you tame dragons. It is St. Sylvester’s feast day and he is said to have miraculously slain a dragon, so it seems a fitting wish as many of us make our goals and resolutions for improvement.
There are more wyverns (2 legged dragons) than standard ones in the pattern books but this one makes a nice repeat.
_Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi_ by Giovanni Andrea Vavassore dated 1530. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/358316