Caption

Double-sided gingerbread form. Obverse: four representations — two richly decorated oriental pipes and two long shoes with floral ornament. Reverse: multi-motif decoration with six motifs — a seated human figure on a bucket, a butterfly, a trumpet, a pistol, a violin and a French horn. Applied art, folk motifs; double-sided rectangular form. 18th–19th century. Silesia Province 1742–1918. Height 25 cm, width 11.2 cm, depth 2.2 cm., A vertical rectangular block with a rough, weathered surface floats against a smooth, uniform gray background; the block is brown with variations in tone, showing darker and lighter brown patches, small cracks, and subtle surface texture, and its edges are slightly rounded.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_420

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (635.1Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double-sided gingerbread form Obverse four representations two richly decorated oriental pipes two long shoes floral ornament Reverse multi-motif decoration six motifs seated human figure bucket butterfly trumpet pistol violin French horn Applied art folk motifs double-sided rectangular form 18th–19th century Silesia Province 1742–1918 Height 25 cm width 11.2 cm depth 2.2 cm vertical rectangular block rough weathered surface floats smooth uniform gray background block brown variations tone showing darker lighter brown patches small cracks subtle surface texture edges slightly rounded.