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”
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/640-1001/14
Author or creator
Velde
Date
1760
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 André Mollet. Inscription: '13' in pencil in the TL corner