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 uhlan; behind him a column with the inscription 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 with his hand 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. Dark cherry plush trim. 1831, Poland; fabrics; height 70 cm, width 70 cm., A textile panel framed by a wide burgundy border shows a central scene with muted gray-beige background and a variety of colored stitched elements. In the scene a seated male figure in a dark blue outfit with gold trim rests on a low green and pink surface, his hand to his face and a long staff or spear leaning nearby; a multicolored shield with red and white segments lies on the ground beside him along with a small helmet-like object in yellow and dark tones. To the right a pale bird with white and light gray feathers stands next to a draped dark purple cloth over a stone-like structure, and behind the seated figure a standing robed figure in black and pale tones appears elevated against soft cloudlike shapes. Foliage in shades of green and teal rises on both sides, and the ground area includes greens, browns, and ochre bands. The stitched work uses colors including burgundy, gray, beige, blue, gold, green, teal, purple, white, yellow, pink, red, and brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_468

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.6Mb (5.2Mb) / 12.6in x 12.2in / 3767 x 3673 (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 uhlan column inscription Praga Ostroleka Warsaw background angel gun carriage covered pall White Eagle Trim dark cherry plush also draped points hand inscription uhlan scythe lance pennant leaning front ground next them lower right corner letters date HL1831 Dark plush trim 1831 Poland fabrics height 70 cm width 70 cm textile panel framed wide burgundy border central scene muted gray-beige background variety colored stitched elements scene seated male figure dark blue outfit gold trim rests low green pink surface face long staff spear leaning nearby multicolored shield red white segments lies ground beside small helmet- object yellow dark tones right pale bird white light gray feathers stands draped dark purple cloth stone- structure seated figure standing robed figure black pale tones elevated soft cloudlike shapes Foliage shades green teal rises sides ground area includes greens browns ochre bands stitched work uses colors burgundy gray beige blue gold teal purple pink brown.