Caption

Double-sided gingerbread mold; obverse: couple holding hands; reverse: three rectangles. Gingerbread mold, woodcarving; genre scenes, female and male figures, couples in love, plant motifs. Rectangular; on one side image of two figures—woman in richly decorated long dress with a hat, man in a caftan and short wig—both in costumes typical of the 18th century; decoration composed of plant elements at the bottom; other side three empty rectangles. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Applied art. Height 20 cm; width 8.7 cm., A rectangular object with rounded corners centered against a neutral gray background, appearing worn and brown with visible scratches and cracks; a rectangular patched area in the middle shows a torn, textured piece with a faded cream color framed by a thin blue border, and a darker irregular mark on the patched area; overall colors visible include brown, cream, blue, dark brown, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_332

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread mold obverse couple holding hands reverse three rectangles Gingerbread mold woodcarving genre scenes female male figures couples love plant motifs Rectangular side image two figures woman richly decorated long dress hat man caftan short wig costumes typical 18th century decoration composed plant elements bottom side three empty rectangles 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Applied art Height 20 cm width 8.7 cm rectangular object rounded corners centered neutral gray background appearing worn brown visible scratches cracks rectangular patched area middle torn textured piece faded cream color framed thin blue border darker irregular mark patched area colors visible include cream blue dark brown gray.