Caption

Church napkin of white satin, sewn from three pieces of fabric piece width 44 cm, embroidered. The Paschal Lamb in each corner. Border with a motif of small flowers enclosed in two winding cords, tied with bows at the intersections. Embroidery with colorful silks and gold thread using a chain stitch. Predominant colors: white and cream background, magenta, green, and silver ornamentation. Church paraments; Eucharistic Lamb iconography; flowers, leaves, plant ornaments; sacred art; churches and chapels furnishings. 2nd half of the 18th century, Poland. Materials: fabrics; height 131 cm, width 134 cm., A square piece of fabric with a wrinkled texture laid flat showing a light beige or off-white base color and several irregular brown stains of varying intensity, including a larger vertical stain near the center, a long smear toward the upper right, a darker spot near the bottom edge, and a few smaller marks scattered across the surface; the fabric has a slightly darker stitched border and a small rectangular tag attached near one corner; overall the visible colors are beige, off-white, brown, and a hint of darker tan.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_498

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Rights managed

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85.7Mb (6.1Mb) / 20.0in x 16.7in / 6000 x 4995 (300dpi)

Keywords

Church napkin white satin sewn three pieces fabric piece width 44 cm embroidered Paschal Lamb corner Border motif small flowers enclosed two winding cords tied bows intersections Embroidery colorful silks gold thread using chain stitch Predominant colors white cream background magenta green silver ornamentation Church paraments Eucharistic Lamb iconography flowers leaves plant ornaments sacred art churches chapels furnishings 2nd half 18th century Poland Materials fabrics height 131 cm width 134 cm square piece fabric wrinkled texture laid flat showing light beige off-white base color several irregular brown stains varying intensity larger vertical stain near center long smear upper right darker spot near bottom edge smaller marks scattered across surface slightly darker stitched border small rectangular tag attached near visible colors beige off-white brown hint darker tan.