Caption

Kontusz belt, purchase provenance. Polish clothing; kontusz belt; men's fashion accessory. Tripartite heads with a rosette motif with carnation flowers around it; transverse stripes with a floral tendril motif in various colors separated by small stripes with a checkerboard motif; partial edging. Colors: blue, pink, beige, brown, ochre. 18th century, Russia place of origin. Length 250 cm; width 46 cm., The image shows two adjacent rectangular fabric panels laid flat on a pale background. The left panel features horizontal bands of patterned weave in muted shades of blue, pink, gold, beige, brown, and olive with floral and geometric motifs and a slightly worn, aged texture; the bottom edge is slightly frayed. The right panel is a mostly plain, light cream to pale yellow fabric with subtle vertical weave lines, a few irregular stains and a pale turquoise smudge near the lower middle, and a slightly ragged lower edge. The overall color palette includes cream, pale yellow, blue, pink, gold, beige, brown, olive, and turquoise.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_203

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.9Mb (7.5Mb) / 20.0in x 14.2in / 6000 x 4248 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kontusz belt purchase provenance Polish clothing kontusz belt men's fashion accessory Tripartite heads rosette motif carnation flowers transverse stripes floral tendril motif various colors separated small stripes checkerboard motif partial edging Colors blue pink beige brown ochre 18th century Russia place origin Length 250 cm width 46 cm image two adjacent rectangular fabric panels laid flat pale background left panel features horizontal bands patterned weave muted shades gold olive floral geometric motifs slightly worn aged texture bottom edge slightly frayed right panel mostly plain light cream pale yellow fabric subtle vertical weave lines irregular stains pale turquoise smudge near lower middle slightly ragged lower edge color palette includes cream pale yellow turquoise.