Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 53 (recto)

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century.

From top to bottom, and left to right:

Page consists of 2 designs. Top design is decorated with a vine in a figure-8 shape with a flower inside each circle. This central element is then further surrounded by other foliage. Bottom design is in shape of a bean and contains a similar floral figure-8 motif as depicted above.

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