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

Primula, Rubus and Scilla

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

An image of Drawing

Three Lily Tulips

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orléans, Princesse Louise d'

An image of PD.206-1961_dc1.jpg

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York 1637-71

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Gibson, Richard (Dwarf Gibson)

An image of Drawing

Flower study

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Ophrys apifera (Bee orchid) and Aristolochia clematitis (Dutchmanspipe)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Caterpillar on a branch

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

An image of Drawing

Composite

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orléans, Princesse Louise d'

An image of Drawing

Garden Marigold (Calendula officianalis) and a Chaffinch

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An image of Drawing

Blue Iris and Butterfly (Spuria)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orléans, Princesse Louise d'

An image of Drawing

Iris

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius

An image of Drawing

Assorted flowers in a basket, which stand on a blue-gold cover

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas

An image of PD.54-1996_201503_adn21_dc1.jpg

?Thomas Thirleby (1506-70)

Maker(s)

Painter: Unknown

An image of Drawing

Stylized drawings of various flowers

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Garden Iris (Iris germanica) and a caterpillar

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An image of Drawing

Three tulips, Narcissus poeticus, one convallaria majalis (Lily-of-the-Valley)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Rosa x Centifolia Variegata and Rosa x Centifolia

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Flowers with plums and raspberries on their branches

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Riche, Adèle

An image of Drawing

Scarlet Turkscap Lily (Lilium chalcedonium) and a dragonfly

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An image of Drawing

Dianthus Caesius (Cheddar Pink) and a grasshopper

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An image of 3858_mas.tif

Queen Henrietta Maria 1609-69

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hoskins, John I

An image of Miniature (painting)

Sir Henry Slingsby 1560-1634

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hilliard, Nicholas

An image of Drawing

To left, Inula helenium elecampane, to right, Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

Elaeocarpus acuminatus

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph

An image of Drawing

Supported on a ledge a bunch of mixed flowers tied with white ribbon including hyacinthus sp. (double hyacinth) cheiranthus cheiri (wallflower), prunus amygdalus (almond), asphodelus fistulosus, simethus sp. (asphodels), pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower), primula, auricula var., auricula, ranunculus sp. (double-flowered garden buttercup), narcissus tazetta (jonquil), anthericum (?St Bruno's lily), rosa sp. (moss rose), lathyrus sp. (yellow vetch), iris sp., tulipa sp., red and ?white admiral butterfly

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robins, T. C.

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