Légende

Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: three hearts formed from laurel leaves, each containing allegorical/figurative scenes of female figures in a garden among trees — first: standing woman in a long dress holding a wreath beside a small altar draped with a garland; second: seated woman in a long dress leaning on a pedestal with a flying bird to her right; third: seated woman in a dress reading a letter beside a musical instrument zither?. Reverse: six different representations including a heart formed from laurel leaves containing an altar in a garden with a heart pierced by an arrow, a sun above and two birds; decoration also includes a fan and various architectural elements. Gingerbread mould, gingerbread decorative art, folk motifs, hearts, genre scenes, houses/architectural elements, female figures; rectangular double-sided form. 19th century, Province of Silesia 1742–1918. Height 31 cm, width 12.7 cm, depth 3 cm., A rectangular wooden block with carved recessed shapes rests on a smooth light gray surface. The block is brown with visible wood grain and has a slightly darker brown along its edges. On the top face are several carved panels including a heart-shaped recess with a detailed scene, a fan-shaped recess, a rectangular grid pattern, and other geometric and pictorial recesses. The carved areas show variations of brown where the wood is carved deeper, creating subtle shadows. The background is a uniform pale gray that transitions to a slightly darker gray toward the top of the image.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A13_223

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (821.1Ko) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse three hearts formed laurel leaves containing allegorical figurative scenes female figures garden trees first standing woman long dress holding wreath beside small altar draped garland second seated long dress leaning pedestal flying bird right third dress reading letter beside musical instrument zither Reverse six different representations heart formed laurel leaves containing altar heart pierced arrow sun two birds decoration also includes fan various architectural elements Gingerbread mould gingerbread decorative art folk motifs genre scenes houses architectural elements rectangular double-sided form 19th century Province Silesia 1742–1918 Height 31 cm width 12.7 cm depth 3 cm rectangular wooden block carved recessed shapes rests smooth light gray surface block brown visible wood grain slightly darker edges top face several carved panels heart-shaped recess detailed scene fan-shaped recess rectangular grid pattern geometric pictorial recesses carved areas variations wood carved deeper creating subtle shadows background uniform pale gray transitions gray top image.