Album of designs for embroidery: bodices, gauntlets, caps, bags, page 17 (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(13)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 17-century Dutch fashion with this exquisite page from an anonymous artist's *Album of Designs for Embroidery*. Created between 1615 and 1635 during the Dutch Golden Age, this sheet (page 17 recto) intricate patterns for bodices, gaunt, caps, and bags adorned with lively motifs of birds and flowers. Such albums served as practical pattern books for embroiderers and textile artisans, ensuring consistent, elegant designs across garments and accessories that reflected the era's prosperity and love for ornamentation. Rendered in pen and ink with subtle wash for dept...