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Court kilim, visual documentation, manor and home furnishings, decorative fabrics, plant ornaments, Poland culture. The main field of the kilim is filled with flower and leaf motifs arranged symmetrically in repeating rhomboid arrangements. It is surrounded by a three-stripe border; in the middle, widest strip, there is a floral garland motif, and in the narrow outer strips, floral and leafy tendrils. Colors: the background of the central part is off-white, and the borders are tobacco-colored; ornamentation in green, magenta, tobacco, white, and black. Ca. 1850. Place of origin: Poland. Material: fabrics. Height 218 cm, width 215 cm., A square woven textile with an overall muted green background decorated with a dense floral pattern in shades of green, brown, beige, and touches of pink and red, framed by a wide ornamental border featuring leafy and floral motifs in green, brown, beige, and pink on a brownish band, with narrower inner borders in similar earthy tones; the flowers and leaves are arranged symmetrically across the field, and the edges show a darker brown binding against a pale neutral backdrop.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A12_133

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102.2Mb (11.0Mb) / 19.8in x 20.0in / 5952 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Court kilim visual documentation manor home furnishings decorative fabrics plant ornaments Poland culture main field kilim filled flower leaf motifs arranged symmetrically repeating rhomboid arrangements surrounded three-stripe border middle widest strip floral garland motif narrow outer strips floral leafy tendrils Colors background central part off-white borders tobacco-colored ornamentation green magenta tobacco white black Ca 1850 Place origin Poland Material fabrics Height 218 cm width 215 cm square woven textile muted green background decorated dense floral pattern shades brown beige touches pink red framed wide ornamental border featuring leafy floral motifs brownish band narrower inner borders earthy tones flowers leaves arranged symmetrically across field edges darker brown binding pale neutral backdrop.