11. “a Ground-work in Embroidery… [with] a half-oval of
grass, planted round with Cyprus-trees… neatly clipped
into a Pyramidal Form”
Information
Title
11. “a Ground-work in Embroidery… [with] a half-oval of
grass, planted round with Cyprus-trees… neatly clipped
into a Pyramidal Form”
Author or creator
Velde
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/640-1001/14
Date
1670
Scope & content
Uncoloured engraved plate depicting a section of ground work with design motifs, a [fountain] at the centre and a half-oval of Cyprus trees at the top of the book plate. A scale bar can be seen in the LR corner. The book plate bears the imprints 'Velde' and 'Toises. AM. I.f.'. From the book 'The garden of pleasure' by Andre Mollet. Inscription: '13' in pencil in the TL corner