Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi, page 22 (recto) 1530

This page from Giovanni Andrea Vavassore's *Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi* features a detailed design for a black and white embroidered border. The page, dated 1530, shows a repeating pattern of stylized leaves and flowers, a popular motif in Renaissance embroidery, that would have been executed in a variety of stitches. Vavassore’s book, a collection of embroidery patterns, was intended to instruct the amateur embroiderer of the 16th century.