Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 81 (recto)
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Page consists of 2 designs. Top design is decorated with coiling leaves and flowers. There is a peacock on the left side. Bottom design is in the shape of a small rectangle and is decorated with a flower and a curving stem.
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(65)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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