Légende

Kontusz belt, 18th century, Lyon. Bipartite heads with a flower bush motif. The stripe alternates plain and with a floral tendril motif. I - The background of the heads, border, and stripes with tendril is cream-silver, the ornament brown. The smooth stripes are half blue and half red. II - The background of the heads, border, and stripes with tendril is brown, the ornament silver-cream. The smooth stripes are half green and half cream. No fringes. Materials/technique: textile clothing accessory for men's national costume. Length 366 cm, width 32 cm. Polish kontusz belt; four-sided belt., A textile with a cream background and a repeating dark brown floral pattern fills the image, showing a symmetrical design of two stylized large flowers with branching stems and clusters of smaller blossoms, bordered by a narrow floral band and a wider outer border with scattered small flowers; the top edge shows a strip of muted coral and pale blue, and the bottom edge has a fringe with pale green and beige threads.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A13_171

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.3Mo (12.4Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4501 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Kontusz belt 18th century Lyon Bipartite heads flower bush motif stripe alternates plain floral tendril motif I - background heads border stripes cream-silver ornament brown smooth stripes half blue half red Ii - brown ornament silver-cream half green half cream No fringes Materials technique textile clothing accessory men's national costume Length 366 cm width 32 cm Polish kontusz belt four-sided belt cream background repeating dark brown floral pattern fills image showing symmetrical design two stylized large flowers branching stems clusters smaller blossoms bordered narrow floral band wider outer border scattered small flowers top edge strip muted coral pale blue bottom edge fringe pale green beige threads.