On a black circular ground, a pattern of continuous knots, forming six roundels with open centers around a seventh, in which are the artist's initials (in monogram). From the circle, at the four corners of the plate are stylized tree forms, in black, on which are further knots and tendrils. Object Type: print. Date: circa 1506. Place of creation: Germany. Dimensions: height: 28.3 cm (11.1 in); width: 22.5 cm (8.8 in). Medium: laid paper, woodcut print. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Series Title: Six knots. Print, Knots, ca. 1506 (CH 18378481)
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