Caption

Wall-hanging picture, wall-hangings, embroidery, White Eagle coat of arms, scythes, lances, banners, columns, inscriptions. Wall-hanging embroidered in fine cross-stitch depicting a symbolic scene: in the foreground a wounded soldier; behind him a column inscribed Praga, Ostroleka, Warsaw. In the background an angel; below, a gun carriage covered with a pall and the White Eagle. Trim of dark cherry plush. An angel, also draped in a pall, points to the inscription Once. Behind the uhlan are a scythe and lance with a pennant leaning against the column. In front of the uhlan are banners on the ground, next to them a White Eagle. In the lower right corner are the letters and the date HL1831. 1831, Poland; fabrics; height 70 cm, width 70 cm., A textile panel with a wide dark red velvet border surrounding a woven scene; the woven area shows a seated figure in a blue and yellow uniform-like outfit with a contemplative posture, a fallen helmet and a shield with a red and white pattern lying on the ground, a large dark bird or winged form partially covering a pale stone-like structure, a pale robed figure with a dark cloak floating above, stylized green plants at the sides, and layered ground areas in shades of green, brown, and pink; colors visible include dark red, blue, yellow, green, brown, pink, pale beige, black, white, and shades of gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_467

License type

Rights managed

Available size

23.7Mb (2.9Mb) / 10.0in x 9.3in / 2987 x 2778 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wall-hanging picture wall-hangings embroidery White Eagle coat arms scythes lances banners columns inscriptions Wall-hanging embroidered fine cross-stitch depicting symbolic scene foreground wounded soldier column inscribed Praga Ostroleka Warsaw background angel gun carriage covered pall White Eagle Trim dark cherry plush also draped points inscription uhlan scythe lance pennant leaning front ground next them lower right corner letters date HL1831 1831 Poland fabrics height 70 cm width 70 cm textile panel wide dark red velvet border surrounding woven scene woven area seated figure blue yellow uniform- outfit contemplative posture fallen helmet shield red white pattern lying large dark bird winged form partially covering pale stone- structure pale robed figure dark cloak floating stylized green plants sides layered areas shades green brown pink colors visible include dark red yellow pale beige black white gray.