Caption

Embroidered vellum, Church paraments;, repossession Glogów. Flowers, leaves, plant ornaments; sacred art; churches and chapels furnishings. Velum made of blue silk satin, embroidered with silver thread. In the center, a rosette consisting of two ovals. In the corners, large, stylized, schematically treated bouquets of flowers, between which very simplified, smaller flower trees. For reinforcement, embroidered on beige woolen fabric. Lining detached. 2nd half of the 17th century, Poland. Liturgical parament. Height 52 cm, width 44 cm., A worn square piece of fabric lies flat against a light gray background, showing an overall faded beige surface with textured, raised patterns in a pale brown or tan color and a narrow frayed border in faded blue; the fabric has several small tears and areas where blue backing shows through, with loose threads and frayed edges visible around the perimeter and a few darker smudges on the beige surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_349

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75.5Mb (5.4Mb) / 20.0in x 14.7in / 6000 x 4399 (300dpi)

Keywords

Embroidered vellum Church paraments repossession Glogów Flowers leaves plant ornaments sacred art churches chapels furnishings Velum blue silk satin embroidered silver thread center rosette consisting two ovals corners large stylized schematically treated bouquets flowers simplified smaller flower trees reinforcement beige woolen fabric Lining detached 2nd half 17th century Poland Liturgical parament Height 52 cm width 44 cm worn square piece fabric lies flat light gray background showing faded beige surface textured raised patterns pale brown tan color narrow frayed border faded blue several small tears areas blue backing loose threads frayed edges visible perimeter darker smudges beige surface.