Garden Plants Depicted on the Mid-Sixteenth-Century Ferrante Gonzaga "Puttini" Tapestries

In contrast to the use of the stylized 'millefleur' plant illustrations on paintings and tapestries common up to and including the early sixteenth century, tapestries woven in mid-century for Ferrante Gonzaga in the Brussels workshop of Willem de Pannemaker provide illustrations of garden...

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Published in:Garden history 2005-10, Vol.33 (2), p.294-297
Main Author: Noble, William C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cartoons
Crop harvesting
Flowers
Gardens
Illustration
Native plants
Perianths
Plants
Tapestry
Weeds
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Summary:In contrast to the use of the stylized 'millefleur' plant illustrations on paintings and tapestries common up to and including the early sixteenth century, tapestries woven in mid-century for Ferrante Gonzaga in the Brussels workshop of Willem de Pannemaker provide illustrations of garden plants and some selected cultivars apparently drawn from nature. These pictures provide examples of decorative cultivars at an early stage in Northern European horticulture.
ISSN:0307-1243
DOI:10.2307/25434184