Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 51 (recto)
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century Dutch
Not on view
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design appears to be unfinished and stems from the top left corner of an uncompleted rectangle. It is decorated with multiple flowers, a serpentine creature with a long dotted tongue, a bird, and a butterfly. The entire design seems to have been draw (or bound) upside down.
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