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, applied/folk decorative art with figurative and zoomorphic motifs; female figures in rich dresses; folk motifs. Rectangular form. 18th–19th century. Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Height 17 cm, width 11 cm, depth 2 cm., A rectangular wooden board with a warm tan-brown surface showing natural grain and darker brown areas, small dark holes and scattered small black pinpricks, and some lighter worn spots; the board bears carved recessed shapes including a human-like figure at the upper left with a rounded head, carved facial features, and a textured patterned body, a fish-shaped carving at the upper right with carved scales and a tail, and two boot-shaped or vessel-like vertical molds at the lower half with raised tops and curved bases; the edges of the board are slightly darker and the bottom edge shows a thin lighter strip and small vertical cracks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_382

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77.2Mb (3.1Mb) / 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 applied folk decorative art figurative zoomorphic motifs female figures rich dresses folk motifs Rectangular form 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Height 17 cm width 11 cm depth 2 cm rectangular wooden board warm tan-brown surface showing natural grain darker brown areas small dark holes scattered small black pinpricks lighter worn spots board bears carved recessed shapes human- figure upper left rounded head carved facial features textured body fish-shaped carving upper right carved scales tail two boot-shaped vessel- vertical molds lower half raised tops curved bases edges slightly darker bottom edge thin lighter strip small vertical cracks.