Ornamento nobile...Fatta da Lucretia Romana (Libro V of the Corona), page 11 (recto) 1620

This page from Cesare Vecellio’s *Corona*, a book of needlework designs, displays a detailed and intricate design of a triangular panel filled with repeating geometric patterns. It is believed to be an example of the needlework of Lucretia Romana, a famous Italian needleworker, although it is not entirely certain that the designs in the book were made by her. The design is highly symmetrical, composed of repeating motifs of flowers and stars, with a sense of intricate precision and elegant detail. The page itself is part of an 18th-century collection of Vecellio's *Corona* housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.