Vellum (skin)

Scope note

Fine-quality calf parchment. The terms "vellum (skin)" and "parchment" have been and still are both confused and used interchangeably.

This term has 1,158 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

300011852

Broader Terms used

parchment (skin)

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Drawing

Potted primula (hybrid), ?auricula

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bessa, Pancrace

An image of Drawing

Lathyrus siculus flore

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

An image of Miniature (painting)

The Rev. Thomas Gibbons 1720-85

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Crosse, Richard

An image of Drawing

L. Iberis sp (Candytuft), R. Lychnis

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Rembrandt Tulip

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orléans, Princesse Louise d'

An image of Drawing

Iris

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

An image of Drawing

Two hybrid 'Peliagoniums'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orléans, Princesse Louise d'

An image of Drawing

Stylized study of Papaver Somniferum (Opium poppy) and Lilium and a moth

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla (Follower of?)

An image of Drawing

A spray including single roses, violas and cineraria

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Esménard, Nathalie d'

An image of Drawing

'Going to the Battle'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

An image of Drawing

Artichoke

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Gladiolus segetum (or byzantinus)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Flower study including Mirabillus

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Violets

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Corbin, Aline

An image of 3787_mas_legacy.TIFF

Mrs Elizabeth Leigh

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cooper, Samuel

An image of PD.1082-1973_201805_kly25_dc1.jpg

Red & white roses, poppies, convolvulus & other flowers, some in a sculptured oblong stone urn, with landscape background

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Binet, Sophie

An image of 3912_dc1.jpg

Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Carnarvon

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Gibson, Richard (Dwarf Gibson)

An image of Drawing

Bunch of mixed carnations and white marigold (Crysanthemum coronarium?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph

An image of Drawing

White Primroses and early Hybrid Crocuses

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orléans, Princesse Louise d'

An image of Drawing

Magnolia glauca

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph

An image of Drawing

R. Epimedium alpinum, L. Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

L. Great Willowhead (Epilobium hirsutum); R. Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An image of Drawing

L. Digitalis (Foxglove) ? R. Geraniaceae sp.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

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