Caption

Double-sided gingerbread form. Obverse: female figure in a long patterned dress and a hat. Reverse: four images — a baby in swaddling clothes, a fish, and two shoes. Gingerbread mold, decorative/applied folk art with figurative and zoomorphic motifs; female figures in rich dresses; folk customs. Rectangular form. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Height 17 cm, width 11 cm, depth 2 cm., A rectangular wooden block with a light brown surface showing carved impressions of a human-like figure, a fish, and a pair of boot-shaped forms; the block has several small round holes and surface cracks, and the carved areas display carved texture and shallow relief; the background around the block is a muted gray, and the overall colors visible are light brown, darker brown in the carved recesses, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_380

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (4.4Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread form Obverse female figure long patterned dress hat Reverse four images baby swaddling clothes fish two shoes Gingerbread mold decorative applied folk art figurative zoomorphic motifs female figures rich dresses folk customs Rectangular form 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Height 17 cm width 11 cm depth 2 cm rectangular wooden block light brown surface showing carved impressions human- figure pair boot-shaped forms block several small round holes surface cracks carved areas display carved texture shallow relief background muted gray colors visible light brown darker brown carved recesses gray.