Il Burato [The Burato]
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A 1909 facsimile, published in Bergamo, of Alessandro Paganino's early sixteenth-century embroidery pattern book Il Burato, with an introduction by Elisa Ricci and a short bibliography. The original has four books of woodcut designs: counted-thread grids on burato (a loose, transparent canvas), plus scrolling foliage, vine, interlace and animal borders for collars, cuffs and shirts. Each book opens with Paganino's letter to the reader explaining how to transfer designs to cloth by pricking and pouncing, by tracing against a window, or by tracing over a light. No weaving drafts appear; most pages are pattern plates.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- c. 1909
- Language
- Italian
- Pages
- 152
- Archive notes
- Facsimile. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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