Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 10 (recto)
Medium
pen and ink; some with wash
Dimensions
18 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.
Classification
Albums|Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.583.1(8)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 17th Dutch fashion with page 10 (recto) from an *Album of Designs for Embroidery*. Created anonymously between 1615 and 1635, this pen-and-ink drawing served as a practical pattern book for skilled embroiderers crafting luxurious garments like bodices, gauntlets caps, and bags. the Dutch Golden Age, a time of booming trade and artistic innovation, such albums were essential tools, capturing the era's obsession with elaborate, nature-inspired decoration to adorn everyday finery. Delicate motifs of birds and flowers flourish across the page, rendered with precis...