Caption

Kontusz belt, Tulips; double-sided, semi-solid triple-section heads with stylized tulip flowers and alternating boat motifs; floral tendril border; double triangle borders; geometric and plant ornaments. Right side: silver background, white ornament on heads and central part, navy blue borders; left side is the reverse. Unsigned; type associated with Istanbul/Constantinople belts—edge weaving and double-triangle motif characteristic of Armenian belts; making method similar to Constantinople examples; similar to a French or Gdodno belt with the same bush-and-flower motif. First half of the 18th century. Poland culture. National costume accessory. Length 268 cm; width 32 cm., A pair of long rectangular textile panels displayed side by side on a pale background, both panels showing an overall cream-colored ground with a repeating small-scale scalloped or scale-like pattern and narrow blue-gray decorative borders along their long edges, the left panel having a wider lower section with a band of blue-gray trim above a muted blue-gray rectangular panel that contains a row of stylized floral motifs in cream, while the right panel is more uniformly patterned from top to bottom and shows subtle variations in the cream tone and the same blue-gray edge trim.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_061

License type

Rights managed

Available size

97.1Mb (11.3Mb) / 18.9in x 20.0in / 5659 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kontusz belt Tulips double-sided semi-solid triple-section heads stylized tulip flowers alternating boat motifs floral tendril border double triangle borders geometric plant ornaments Right side silver background white ornament heads central part navy blue borders left side reverse Unsigned type associated Istanbul Constantinople belts edge weaving double-triangle motif characteristic Armenian belts method Constantinople examples French Gdodno belt bush- -flower motif First half 18th century Poland culture National costume accessory Length 268 cm width 32 cm pair long rectangular textile panels displayed side pale background panels showing cream-colored ground repeating small-scale scalloped scale- pattern narrow blue-gray decorative borders long edges left panel having wider lower section band blue-gray trim muted blue-gray rectangular panel contains row stylized floral motifs cream right panel uniformly patterned top bottom subtle variations cream tone blue-gray edge trim.