Head of Leda Plaque Exclusive Double strand design

Double strand design

This relief is a copy of a preparatory pen and ink drawing of a woman's head by Leonardo da Vinci

The design is influenced by the architecture which Sir John Soane admired during his Grand Tour in Rome in 1778

Made in the UK from pure silk and hand-finished by Fox & Chave

'An Election'

Head of Leda Plaque Exclusive Double strand designThis relief is a copy of a preparatory pen and ink drawing of a woman's head by Leonardo da Vinci. for the painting "Leda and the Swan". The original painting by Da Vinci was completed around 1508 and was an oil painting depicting a naked female (Leda) embracing a swan, with four babies just hatched from eggs at their feet. The original painting is believed lost, but a copy can be seen in Wilton House, Salisbury, England. In Greek mythology, the god