ALT 24 intricately decorated biscuits (cookies) arranged into a book-shaped rectangle. Most of the biscuits are long and thin. Some are shorter rectangles and some are tiny squares. They are arranged into a herringbone pattern. The background is deep brown wood. A couple of the biscuits are rich red and decorated with pale gold diamonds or scrolls. Some are pearly white, and have floral designs piped or painted on top to look like embroidery. There is a sliver of a portrait of Shakespeare, an intricate piece of lace, and a metallic peacock feather painted in vivid shades of green and blue. One biscuit features the figure-of-eight folds of an Elizabethan ruff. Another has early modern handwriting painted onto the icing surface: the words ‘black tafata’ and ‘velvett’ are visible near the top of the biscuit. Towards the bottom of the arrangement, there is a pale pink biscuit that looks like it is encrusted with pearls, and a tiny square with a symmetrical blackwork design.