His main needlework books (in short) are:
- L’honesto essempio (1550).
- Giardineto novo di punti tagliati (1554).
- Ornamento delle belle et virtuose donne (1554).
- La gloria et l'honore di ponti tagliati e fogliami (1556).
- La gloria et Phonore de ponti tagliati e ponti in Aere (1558).
In keeping with his didactic objectives, especially as regards the role of women, his book entitled Ornamento delle belle et virtuose donne, for example, includes an embroidery design in the form of a floral border with a twisted rope (reflecting constraints and virtue), representing the female aspect. This design reappears in various forms in European embroidery until the end of the seventeenth century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 1st July 2016).
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