Caption

Church napkin. Blue silk rep cloth embroidered with gold thread. In the center, within a radiant halo, a sun with the inscription in Polish: THE BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS IS CHRIST, WHICH PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN. Corners show stylized bouquets of flowers in an Eastern style, with a crescent and two stars above each; a similar bouquet appears at the center of each edge. Along the edges an inscription in Polish: NOT WITH GOLD, NOT WITH SILVER, NOT WITH THINGS CONTAMINATED, WE REDEEMED YESTESMI, BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THE UNDAMAGED LAMB. Resplendent fabric density: 36 weft threads and 29–32 warp threads per cm. One workshop edge preserved, the other cut. Embroidery with gold thread on a yellow silk ground, laid stitches, stitched with yellow silk thread. 17th–18th century, Poland. Height 67.5 cm; width 57 cm. Materials: silk, gold thread. Function: church furnishing/sacred textile., A square textile with a pale blue-green background embroidered in gold thread, showing a large stylized sun with radiating elongated rays at the center, surrounded by several smaller starburst shapes and crescent moons, ornate floral and foliate motifs in the corners and along the edges, and a decorative narrow border framing the piece.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_399

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Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (7.9Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Church napkin Blue silk rep cloth embroidered gold thread center within radiant halo sun inscription Polish Blood Our Lord Jesus Christ Purifies Us Sin Corners stylized bouquets flowers Eastern style crescent two stars bouquet edge edges Gold Silver Things Contaminated Redeemed Yestesmi Jesus Christ Undamaged Lamb Resplendent fabric density 36 weft threads 29–32 warp threads cm workshop edge preserved cut Embroidery yellow ground laid stitches stitched thread 17th–18th century Poland Height 67.5 cm width 57 cm Materials Function church furnishing sacred textile square textile pale blue-green background embroidered showing large stylized radiating elongated rays surrounded several smaller starburst shapes crescent moons ornate floral foliate motifs corners decorative narrow border framing piece.