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Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 30 (recto)

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century.

From top to bottom, and left to right:

Design is in the shape of a rectangle. Only the top, bottom, and right sides are decorated. The right half is decorated with a vine in the form of a figure-8 with 2 flowers at its ends.

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

1615-35
Pen and ink; some with wash
18.9 x 11.4in
55.583.1(23)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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