Church napkin. Church napkin of thin white linen, sewn from five rectangular pieces of fabric in the shape of a cross. Embroidered with evenly spaced projections of stylized floral sprigs in gold, dark pink, and straw. One side rectangle bears an embroidered gold IHS monogram within a halo; the opposite rectangle, on the edge, has the inscription ANNA Z RUSOCKICH ORZECHOWSKA. R. 1743. 1743. Poland. Fabrics. Height 290 cm; width 290 cm. Creator: Anna Orzechowska née Rusocka 18th century; fl. ca. 1743. Function: church paraments / sacred art; furnishings for Evangelical churches. Subjects: flowers, leaves, plant ornaments., A cloth arranged in a cross-like shape on a dark gray background, made of lighter fabric panels with a woven texture; the fabric is mostly off-white or cream with a few small yellow floral-like motifs scattered across several panels, one panel showing a sunburst motif in yellow, and another lower panel featuring faint pink floral motifs; the central area of the cloth ...
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Church napkin. Church napkin of thin white linen, sewn from five rectangular pieces of fabric in the shape of a cross. Embroidered with evenly spaced projections of stylized floral sprigs in gold, dark pink, and straw. One side rectangle bears an embroidered gold IHS monogram within a halo; the opposite rectangle, on the edge, has the inscription ANNA Z RUSOCKICH ORZECHOWSKA. R. 1743. 1743. Poland. Fabrics. Height 290 cm; width 290 cm. Creator: Anna Orzechowska née Rusocka 18th century; fl. ca. 1743. Function: church paraments / sacred art; furnishings for Evangelical churches. Subjects: flowers, leaves, plant ornaments., A cloth arranged in a cross-like shape on a dark gray background, made of lighter fabric panels with a woven texture; the fabric is mostly off-white or cream with a few small yellow floral-like motifs scattered across several panels, one panel showing a sunburst motif in yellow, and another lower panel featuring faint pink floral motifs; the central area of the cloth appears discolored to a greenish-beige with several dark speckles and spots, and there are small frayed or worn edges along the fabric.

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Church napkin thin white linen sewn five rectangular pieces fabric shape cross Embroidered evenly spaced projections stylized floral sprigs gold dark pink straw side rectangle bears embroidered gold IHS monogram within halo opposite rectangle edge inscription ANNA Z RUSOCKICH ORZECHOWSKA R 1743 Poland Fabrics Height 290 cm width 290 cm Creator Anna Orzechowska née Rusocka 18th century fl ca Function church paraments sacred art furnishings Evangelical churches Subjects flowers leaves plant ornaments cloth arranged cross- dark gray background lighter fabric panels woven texture mostly off-white cream small yellow floral- motifs scattered across several panels panel showing sunburst motif yellow another lower panel featuring faint pink floral motifs central area cloth discolored greenish-beige several dark speckles spots small frayed worn edges fabric.

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