Caption

Pillowcase. Printed cotton canvas pillowcase with floral pattern on a white ground: printed sprigs arranged diagonally in smaller and larger bunches including roses, forget-me-nots, and bellflowers. Around the edges a printed winding snake with three dots in the bends. Colors: light brown and burgundy. 18th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Height 84 cm, width 76 cm., The image shows a patterned fabric with a repeating floral design in red and white tones, featuring clusters of roses and leaves; a corner of the fabric is folded over, revealing the underside with a slightly faded version of the same floral motif and a decorative border in muted beige and red; the background is a light off-white and the overall texture of the cloth appears slightly worn with visible weave.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_365

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.5Mb (5.9Mb) / 11.1in x 16.6in / 3328 x 4992 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pillowcase Printed cotton canvas pillowcase floral pattern white ground printed sprigs arranged diagonally smaller larger bunches roses forget-me-nots bellflowers edges winding snake three dots bends Colors light brown burgundy 18th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Height 84 cm width 76 cm image patterned fabric repeating floral design red white tones featuring clusters leaves corner fabric folded revealing underside slightly faded version floral motif decorative border muted beige background light off-white texture cloth slightly worn visible weave.