Caption

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. Materials: linen, silk, gold thread. Height 174 cm, width 65.5 cm. Function: church napkin; motif: flowers, leaves, plant ornaments; sacred art; used in churches and chapels., A rectangular textile laid flat on a neutral background showing a pale cream or off-white base with decorative floral motifs in a muted tan or light brown. The fabric has frayed edges and visible creases and folds. Symmetrical ornate floral arrangements appear along the length, with a few larger, branching spray designs near the shorter ends and several smaller, repeating floral motifs spaced across the center. The decorative motifs include stylized leaves and petal shapes arranged in mirrored patterns. There are slight discolorations and spots on the fabric, and a small attached tag or label at one short corner. The background around the textile is a soft gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_370

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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 Materials silk Height 174 cm width 65.5 cm Function church napkin motif flowers leaves plant ornaments sacred art churches chapels rectangular textile laid flat neutral background showing pale cream off-white base decorative floral motifs muted tan light brown fabric frayed edges visible creases folds Symmetrical ornate floral arrangements length larger branching spray designs near shorter ends several smaller repeating floral motifs spaced across center decorative motifs include stylized leaves petal shapes arranged mirrored patterns slight discolorations spots small attached tag label short corner background textile soft gray.