Paganino, Alessandro (16th century)

Page with woodcut from the 1527 version of 'Il Burato', by Alessandro Paganino. Page with woodcut from the 1527 version of 'Il Burato', by Alessandro Paganino.

Alessandro Paganino was an Italian artist and writer from the early sixteenth century. In 1518 (reprinted in 1527 and 1538) he published a pattern book called Il Burato, Libro de Recami ('Buratto, a Book of Embroidery'), which contains very early references to buratto embroidery.

For a Pdf version of the book, click here.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 1st July 2016).

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