Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 23 (recto)

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century.

From top to bottom, and left to right:

Page contains 2 designs, each cut from a different source and pasted onto this page. Top design is narrow and is decorated with a curving vine with 2 flowers. Bottom design is in the shape of a square and is decorated with coiling vines with leaves and flowers, and a composite bird and deer creature at the bottom left corner.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955