Caption

Figural tapestry, Chodecz Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship; flowers, floral ornaments, dogs, children, women; genre scenes against a landscape background; tapestries, interior furnishings, pastoral scenes, decorative fabrics; In the foreground a group of children playing against a background of tall trees. On the right a girl with a shepherd's staff sits on the grass and a young man next to them a dog. In the background on the right and left there is architecture. Narrow border with a motif of a simple frame entwined with flowers; cartouches in the corners. Colors: green, red, blue, yellow, brown, ochre, and cream. 2nd half 19th century, Germany; fabrics; height 265 cm, width 395 cm, A large rectangular woven tapestry hung flat against a light background, showing a wooded landscape scene with a central group of tall trees with green and olive foliage and brown trunks, surrounded by grassy and shrubby undergrowth in shades of brown, tan, green, and muted blue. Along the edges, a decorative border appears with warmer tones of red, gold, and orange and touches of pink and green, with a narrow dark blue outer trim. In the lower area there are hints of brighter red and blue woven elements among the foliage, and the overall surface shows loose, frayed fibers and textured areas in beige and tan that create a worn, fibrous appearance. The top and bottom edges reveal a lighter beige selvedge and small fabric tabs.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_111

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.3Mb (9.2Mb) / 20.0in x 13.8in / 6000 x 4154 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figural tapestry Chodecz Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship flowers floral ornaments dogs children women genre scenes landscape background tapestries interior furnishings pastoral scenes decorative fabrics foreground group children playing background tall trees right girl shepherd's staff sits grass young man next them dog left architecture Narrow border motif simple frame entwined cartouches corners Colors green red blue yellow brown ochre cream 2nd half 19th century Germany fabrics height 265 cm width 395 cm large rectangular woven tapestry hung flat light background showing wooded landscape scene central group olive foliage brown trunks surrounded grassy shrubby undergrowth shades tan muted blue edges decorative border warmer tones gold orange touches pink narrow dark blue outer trim lower area hints brighter red elements foliage surface loose frayed fibers textured areas beige create worn fibrous appearance top bottom edges reveal lighter selvedge small fabric tabs.