Caption

Kontusz belt, Bipartite heads with elongated floral bouquets; transverse belts with a floral tendril ornament alternating with geometric bands of elongated rosettes; floral tendril border. Floral ornaments, plant ornaments, floral tendrils. Colors: straw, cream, pink, sky blue, green, white, and navy blue. Signed at the bottom in the heads: FS lying. At the bottom edge of one end, an illegible inscription 1000?. 2nd half of the 18th century, Kraków, Polish national costume accessory. Length 357 cm, width 36.5 cm., A rectangular textile panel with a pale yellow background featuring a symmetrical floral pattern in muted colors; a pair of large stylized flower bouquets sit side by side, each rendered in shades of pink and beige with green leaves and stems, surrounded by smaller flowers in pale pink, white, and touches of light blue. The panel is bordered by a decorative band with repeating floral motifs and leaf elements in green, pink, and beige, and the edges show a narrow darker outline. The fabric surface has a slightly uneven texture and faint darker marks, and the overall palette includes pale yellow, pink, green, beige, white, and a small amount of light blue.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_129

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (12.6Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4501 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kontusz belt Bipartite heads elongated floral bouquets transverse belts floral tendril ornament alternating geometric bands elongated rosettes floral tendril border Floral ornaments plant ornaments floral tendrils Colors straw cream pink sky blue green white navy blue Signed bottom heads FS lying bottom edge illegible inscription 1000 2nd half 18th century Kraków Polish national costume accessory Length 357 cm width 36.5 cm rectangular textile panel pale yellow background featuring symmetrical floral pattern muted colors pair large stylized flower bouquets sit side side rendered shades beige green leaves stems surrounded smaller flowers pale pink touches light blue panel bordered decorative band repeating floral motifs leaf elements edges narrow darker outline fabric surface slightly uneven texture faint darker marks palette includes pale yellow small amount light blue.