Caption

Bed finial in the form of a pediment with volutes on the sides and a corbel in the middle supporting the bust of a young woman; fastened with two pins to the front section of the cornice crowning the canopy. The outline of the finial and the corbel are highlighted with a black ribbon stucco inlay. The corbel has an oval opening filled with a wooden, rotating medallion with inlaid letters on the obverse and reverse missing. The runners feature garlands made of ribbons and bay leaves; the volutes feature small brackets with turned, cup-shaped pinnacles. Female busts; baroque style. Made ca. 1757–1760, Warsaw. Makers: Jakub Fontana 1710–1773 designer, co-creator, Jan Chryzostom Redler 1704–1779 woodcarver, author. Furniture fragment; height 66 cm, width 93 cm, depth 16 cm., A dark wooden bust of a person turned to the side, showing a head with carved hair and a neck flowing into draped clothing; the surface has worn spots revealing lighter brown beneath the dark finish, and the piece rests on a wooden base. The visible colors are dark brown or black on the bust, lighter brown in worn areas, and medium brown on the base, all set against a neutral gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_179

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Rights managed

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59.4Mb (1.9Mb) / 12.4in x 18.6in / 3720 x 5579 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bed finial form pediment volutes sides corbel middle supporting bust young woman fastened two pins front section cornice crowning canopy outline finial highlighted black ribbon stucco inlay oval opening filled wooden rotating medallion inlaid letters obverse reverse missing runners feature garlands ribbons bay leaves small brackets turned cup-shaped pinnacles Female busts baroque style ca 1757–1760 Warsaw Makers Jakub Fontana 1710–1773 designer co-creator Jan Chryzostom Redler 1704–1779 woodcarver author Furniture fragment height 66 cm width 93 cm depth 16 cm dark person turned side showing head carved hair neck flowing draped clothing surface worn spots revealing lighter brown beneath dark finish piece rests wooden base visible colors dark brown black lighter brown worn areas medium brown base set neutral gray background.