Venetian Gothic Palazzo Front Exterior - Craft Fabric Art Panel

The fourth design of the Venetian Gothic quilt fabric collection is a art panel of the front of a palazzo. The lacy carved Istrian stone facade and balcony with bottle glass windows behind. Many palazzi were built in the 16th century in the Gothic style imported from the East. These same palazzi have had interior renovations to keep up with changing styles - such as Rococo - but the exteriors were not changed. You can read history books about Venetian palazzi - which show the drawings of the exterior design for construction - and look for the building on Google Maps - and voila! - there it is - exterior looking just like the old original sketch.

I was a little concerned about making the stone design for this. The Substance Design program does very geometric and patterned things extremely easily - but to do the onion arch shape, it not so easy. And where the round stone part curves into the lower arches, didn’t quite fit. But I think it is a small thing and looks lovely nonetheless. The idea certainly comes through.

This was my first attempt at Corinthian capitals on columns also. Again, not very detailed or perfect, but they get the idea across. And how detailed and perfect doe sit have to be? This is intended as creative art - and not a photo.

Front of Palazzo design with coordinating fabrics. The Venetian Gothic quilt fabric collections features designs inspired by 16th century Gothic architecture in Venice. Available at my Spoonflower shop on cotton quilting fabric at 18 inch repeat, and on wallpaper at 24 inch repeat, which is perfect for dollhouses at 1:12 scale. Also nice as a hero or art panel in a quilt. Please keep in mind that if you purchase on wallpaper, you need at least 2 ft of wallpaper. The “sample” size is only 1 ft of length and you will only get half the picture (vertically).