Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: Adam and Eve in paradise; Reverse: baby in swaddling clothes. Gingerbread mould, folk-style decorative and figurative scenes with religious motifs Adam and Eve under the Tree of Knowledge with a snake, plant and floral ornamentation. Rectangular mould, applied/decorative art. Silesia Province of Silesia, 18th–19th century. Height 22.2 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 3.3 cm., A carved wooden plank with a relief of a wrapped figure is centered against a gray background; the wood shows brown tones with darker carved areas forming a stylized head, face, and body wrapped in patterned bands, a bow shape near the neck, and a textured rounded end, with the surrounding panel showing natural wood grain and variations in brown, and the background appearing gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_274

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (3.8Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse Adam Eve paradise Reverse baby swaddling clothes Gingerbread mould folk-style decorative figurative scenes religious motifs Adam Eve under Tree Knowledge snake plant floral ornamentation Rectangular mould applied decorative art Silesia Province Silesia 18th–19th century Height 22.2 cm width 10.5 cm depth 3.3 cm carved wooden plank relief wrapped figure centered gray background wood brown tones darker carved areas forming stylized head face body wrapped patterned bands bow shape near neck textured rounded surrounding panel showing natural grain variations brown background appearing gray.