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 mould, decorative/applied folk art with figurative and zoomorphic motifs; female figures in rich dresses. Silesia, 18th–19th century Province of Silesia, 1742–1918. Rectangular form. Height 17 cm, width 11 cm, depth 2 cm., A vertical rectangular wooden plank with rounded top and a slightly chamfered bottom edge suspended against a smooth light gray background; the plank is brown with a weathered, textured surface showing grain and small pits, and a few small circular holes scattered along its length.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_387

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.0Mb) / 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 mould decorative applied folk art figurative zoomorphic motifs female figures rich dresses Silesia 18th–19th century Province 1742–1918 Rectangular form Height 17 cm width 11 cm depth 2 cm vertical rectangular wooden plank rounded top slightly chamfered bottom edge suspended smooth light gray background plank brown weathered textured surface showing grain small pits small circular holes scattered length.