Caption

Church napkin, church paraments; Evangelical churches furnishings; floral motifs; Sereje Lithuania; flowers, leaves, plant ornaments; sacred art; churches and chapels furnishings. Rectangular church napkin 113 x 123 cm, from which four others branch 86 x 57 and 57; 89 x 53 and 53. Made of white linen canvas, embroidered with white thread with motifs of large, stylised floral bouquets in the Eastern style, between which are smaller flowers; sewn with an insert of bobbin lace and trimmed with bobbin lace. The side rectangles are sewn from two pieces joined with lace; the middle one is also sewn together, but joined with embroidery. The embroidery motifs are similar to those on a napkin dated 1636. Lace: 17th century, ca. 1636, Poland. Fabrics. Height 314 cm, width 297 cm., A large cross-shaped textile made of a light fabric displayed flat against a gray background, with a central square panel and four rectangular extensions; the fabric is off-white to cream with areas of discoloration ranging to tan and light brown, showing faint decorative stitched patterns and delicate lace-like edging along the outer borders; there are visible creases, faint stains, small spots of darker discoloration, and subtle variations in texture across the panels.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_007

License type

Rights managed

Available size

98.0Mb (4.2Mb) / 20.0in x 19.0in / 6000 x 5711 (300dpi)

Keywords

Church napkin church paraments Evangelical churches furnishings floral motifs Sereje Lithuania flowers leaves plant ornaments sacred art churches chapels furnishings Rectangular church napkin four branch 86 x 57 57 89 x 53 53 white linen canvas embroidered white thread motifs large stylised floral bouquets Eastern style smaller flowers sewn insert bobbin lace trimmed side rectangles two pieces joined lace middle also together joined embroidery embroidery motifs napkin dated 1636 Lace 17th century ca 1636 Poland Fabrics Height 314 cm width 297 cm large cross-shaped textile light fabric displayed flat gray background central square panel four rectangular extensions fabric off-white cream areas discoloration ranging tan light brown showing faint decorative stitched patterns delicate lace- edging outer borders visible creases faint stains small spots darker discoloration subtle variations texture across panels.