Design for a Glove

Design for a glove, The Netherlands, early 17th century. Design for a glove, The Netherlands, early 17th century. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955, acc. no. 55.583.1(16).

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses a page from an album of embroidery designs that originates from The Netherlands and dates to the early seventeenth century. The design is executed with pen and ink, with some wash. The design is unfinished.

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