Bookrest
by Print Collector
Title
Bookrest
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Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
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Bookrest, 1540-1580, (1881). Etching of a hinged wooden reading stand, made in Italy in the mid-late 16th century. The carved decoration features a unicorn and birds among stylised foliage. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]. Artist William Catley. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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