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Church napkin of thin white linen 25 warp and weft threads per cm covered with embroidery featuring a pattern of large, evenly distributed, stylized Eastern flower bouquets. Flat, double-sided, pierced embroidery, using silk and gold thread. Very fine stitches. Cream and gold predominate in the ornament. Edged with cream veining. All edges with warp or weft threads ripped out to obtain a short fringe, approx. 1 cm long. 17th/18th century, Poland. Height 174 cm, width 65.5 cm. Subject: flowers, leaves, plant ornaments; sacred art; used as church paraments in Evangelical churches. Materials: linen, silk, gold thread., A rectangular fabric panel with a light beige background displayed flat against a pale gray backdrop, featuring symmetrical ornamental motifs in shades of brown and tan arranged across the surface; the cloth shows subtle wrinkles and a slightly frayed edge, with a few darker brown spots and stains visible, and several ornate floral and scroll-like designs positioned along the center and near the ends, all rendered in warm brown tones against the cream-colored fabric.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A11_369

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62.6Mb (2.0Mb) / 20.0in x 12.2in / 6000 x 3648 (300dpi)

Keywords

Church napkin thin white linen 25 warp weft threads cm covered embroidery featuring pattern large evenly distributed stylized Eastern flower bouquets Flat double-sided pierced embroidery using silk gold thread fine stitches Cream gold predominate ornament Edged cream veining edges warp weft threads ripped obtain short fringe approx 1 cm long 17th 18th century Poland Height 174 cm width 65.5 cm Subject flowers leaves plant ornaments sacred art church paraments Evangelical churches Materials silk rectangular fabric panel light beige background displayed flat pale gray backdrop featuring symmetrical ornamental motifs shades brown tan arranged across surface cloth subtle wrinkles slightly frayed edge darker brown spots stains visible several ornate floral scroll- designs positioned center near ends rendered warm brown tones cream-colored fabric.