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. Rectangular form. 18th–19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Height 17 cm, width 11 cm, depth 2 cm., A vertical wooden plank with a weathered surface and visible grain and cracks is centered against a smooth light gray background; the plank shows a few small round holes, a darker knot, and diagonal hairline splits, and its colors include shades of brown on the wood and light gray in the surrounding background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_384

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (850.0Kb) / 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 Rectangular form 18th–19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Height 17 cm width 11 cm depth 2 cm vertical wooden plank weathered surface visible grain cracks centered smooth light gray background plank small round holes darker knot diagonal hairline splits colors include shades brown wood light gray surrounding background.