Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: female figure in a long, patterned, richly decorated dress, wearing a hat ornamented with an egretta. Reverse: male figure with a fur hat, dressed in a fur-lined coat over an embroidered shirt, holding a long pipe. Plant decoration at the bottom of both figures. Woodcarving, folk-style decorative applied art; gingerbread mould. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Form: double-sided rectangular mould. Dimensions: height 19 cm, width 9 cm, depth 3.3 cm., A rectangular wooden panel in brown tones sits against a neutral light gray background, with a carved fish relief centered on its surface; the panel shows areas of lighter and darker brown grain and worn patches, and the fish carving features textured overlapping scales, a rounded head with a carved eye and mouth, and a tail with carved fin lines, all in varying shades of brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_305

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.3Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse female figure long patterned richly decorated dress wearing hat ornamented egretta Reverse male figure fur hat dressed fur-lined coat embroidered shirt holding long pipe Plant decoration bottom figures Woodcarving folk-style decorative applied art gingerbread mould 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Form double-sided rectangular mould Dimensions height 19 cm width 9 cm depth 3.3 cm rectangular wooden panel brown tones sits neutral light gray background carved fish relief centered surface panel areas lighter darker brown grain worn patches fish carving features textured overlapping scales rounded head carved eye mouth tail carved fin lines varying shades brown.