Kontusz belt, 18th century, Poland. Woolen fabric with geometric and floral ornaments: elongated motifs resembling boats or leeches in black and red-sapphire thread arranged in alternating rows on a yellow background. One belt head narrower 46 cm with more tightly arranged decorations; remaining sections wider 48–51 cm with more loosely arranged decorations. Short fringes of warp threads. Function: national costume, men's clothing accessory. Length 261 cm; width 50 cm., Two long rectangular woven fabrics lie side by side on a light background, both predominantly yellow. The left fabric shows a dense repeating small oval motif in darker colors creating a textured pattern across the surface, with a fringed edge at the bottom; colors visible include yellow, dark blue or black, and hints of red. The right fabric has horizontal rows of loose, looped threads and tufted areas, giving a more irregular textured appearance, with loose yarns and stray fibers visible; colors visible include yellow...
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Kontusz belt, 18th century, Poland. Woolen fabric with geometric and floral ornaments: elongated motifs resembling boats or leeches in black and red-sapphire thread arranged in alternating rows on a yellow background. One belt head narrower 46 cm with more tightly arranged decorations; remaining sections wider 48–51 cm with more loosely arranged decorations. Short fringes of warp threads. Function: national costume, men's clothing accessory. Length 261 cm; width 50 cm., Two long rectangular woven fabrics lie side by side on a light background, both predominantly yellow. The left fabric shows a dense repeating small oval motif in darker colors creating a textured pattern across the surface, with a fringed edge at the bottom; colors visible include yellow, dark blue or black, and hints of red. The right fabric has horizontal rows of loose, looped threads and tufted areas, giving a more irregular textured appearance, with loose yarns and stray fibers visible; colors visible include yellow, red, blue, and darker thread accents, and a fringed bottom edge.

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Kontusz belt 18th century Poland Woolen fabric geometric floral ornaments elongated motifs resembling boats leeches black red-sapphire thread arranged alternating rows yellow background belt head narrower 46 cm tightly arranged decorations remaining sections wider 48–51 cm loosely Short fringes warp threads Function national costume men's clothing accessory Length 261 cm width 50 cm Two long rectangular woven fabrics lie side side light background predominantly yellow left fabric dense repeating small oval motif darker colors creating textured pattern across surface fringed edge bottom colors visible include yellow dark blue hints red right fabric horizontal rows loose looped threads tufted areas giving irregular textured appearance loose yarns stray fibers visible blue darker thread accents fringed bottom edge.

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