Caption

Drum apron or cauldron of the Polish cavalry of Prince Michal Radziwill, Polish Lithuanian Hetman 1668–1680?? Initials and coats of arms appliqued and embroidered in shields on yellow damask; features Traby coat of arms, Radziwill family monograms; ca. 1750, Poland; fabrics; height 43 cm min. 27.5 cm, width 205 cm., A scalloped textile panel with a metallic sheen occupies the image, predominantly gold in color with areas of darker, muted brownish-gold forming decorative patterns; the central area shows an oval medallion in a slightly darker tone containing a stylized double-headed bird motif rendered in deep brown-gold, and a small shield-like shape at the bird’s center in a paler, slightly bluish-gray tone; surrounding the medallion are draped, banner-like shapes in a darker brown-gold with subtle floral or brocade textures, and the top edge features a narrow decorative band in darker gold; the lower scalloped border is richly embroidered or embellished in darker brown-gold and gold threads creating floral and geometric motifs, while the background field displays a woven, damask-like pattern in varying shades of gold and muted brown, with visible creases and areas of wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_196

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.3Mb (3.3Mb) / 13.0in x 8.7in / 3914 x 2614 (300dpi)

Keywords

Drum apron cauldron Polish cavalry Prince Michal Radziwill Polish Lithuanian Hetman 1668–1680 Initials coats arms appliqued embroidered shields yellow damask features Traby coat arms Radziwill family monograms ca 1750 Poland fabrics height 43 cm min 27.5 cm width 205 cm scalloped textile panel metallic sheen occupies image predominantly gold color areas darker muted brownish-gold forming decorative patterns central area oval medallion slightly tone containing stylized double-headed bird motif rendered deep brown-gold small shield- shape bird’s center paler slightly bluish-gray tone surrounding medallion draped banner- shapes darker brown-gold subtle floral brocade textures top edge features narrow decorative band darker gold lower scalloped border richly embroidered embellished gold threads creating floral geometric motifs background field displays woven damask- pattern varying shades gold muted brown visible creases wear.