Légende

Church napkin tablecloth made of very thin linen batiste covered with multicolored silk embroidery. Ornamentation composed of evenly distributed small patterns of stylized flowers, fruit, animals, and birds. In the center a fox and a rooster, surrounded by blackberries, apples, plums, several varieties of pears, pea pods, acorns, hazelnuts, mushrooms, strawberries, gourds, tulips, lilies of the valley. Border is a narrow, shaded strip. Flat embroidery, pierced following the motif, double-sided, worked in silk threads in light yellow, light blue, sky blue, blue, pink, celadon, ochre, and gold and silver thread. Early 18th century, Poland. Material: fabrics. Dimensions: height 210 cm, width 100 cm., A rectangular light beige textile laid flat with a visible border and scattered small embroidered floral and botanical motifs across its surface; the embroidered details include leaves, buds, and small flower shapes in colors such as blue, pink, yellow, green, and a muted gold, with some motifs clustered near the edges and a few spaced across the center; the fabric shows subtle creases and slight discolorations in places, and the border stitching is slightly darker than the main fabric.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A11_363

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62.6Mo (2.8Mo) / 50.8cm x 30.9cm / 6000 x 3648 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Church napkin tablecloth thin linen batiste covered multicolored silk embroidery Ornamentation composed evenly distributed small patterns stylized flowers fruit animals birds center fox rooster surrounded blackberries apples plums several varieties pears pea pods acorns hazelnuts mushrooms strawberries gourds tulips lilies valley Border narrow shaded strip Flat embroidery pierced following motif double-sided worked silk threads light yellow light blue sky blue blue pink celadon ochre gold silver thread Early 18th century Poland Material fabrics Dimensions height 210 cm width 100 cm rectangular light beige textile laid flat visible border scattered small embroidered floral botanical motifs across surface embroidered details include leaves buds small flower shapes colors yellow green muted gold motifs clustered near edges spaced across fabric subtle creases slight discolorations places border stitching slightly darker main fabric.