8. “a Ground-work in Embroidery … with the quarters of Circles in the middle Angles, in whose Centers Statues may be set up, or Cyprus Trees planted”
Information
Title
8. “a Ground-work in Embroidery … with the quarters of Circles in the middle Angles, in whose Centers Statues may be set up, or Cyprus Trees planted”
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/640-1001/10
Author or creator
Velde
Date
1760
Scope & content
Uncoloured engraved plate depicting a section of ground work with design motifs, and a [fountain] in the centre. A scale bar can be seen in the LC of the book plate. The book plate bears the imprints 'Toises. AM. I.F.' and 'Velde'. From the book 'The garden of pleasure' by André Mollet. Inscription: '9' in pencil in the TR corner