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Double-sided gingerbread mould. Obverse: four images—top: female figure in a long patterned dress with low neckline; below: a basket of flowers; below: seated young naked man with long hair sitting among flowers and smoking a pipe; at his feet a skull with crossbones and the inscription MEMENTO MORI; bottom: a wreath woven from leaves and flowers. Reverse: five images of infants in patterned swaddling clothes. Materials/subject: gingerbread mould; decorative, folk motifs, floral decorations, wreaths, female figures in rich dresses, allegorical representation of Transience personification, infants. Date: 19th century. Origin: Silesia Province of Silesia, 1742–1918. Dimensions: height 36.5 cm, width 8.8 cm, depth 1.5 cm. Creator: unknown., A tall rectangular wooden panel with a vertical arrangement of carved reliefs, showing a carved figure of a person in a dress near the top, a carved basket of flowers below that, a seated figure surrounded by ornamental foliage in the middle, and a circular wreath-like carved motif near the bottom, all in brown wood against a light gray background with a small hole near the top edge.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A13_233

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.6Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Double-sided gingerbread mould Obverse four images top female figure long patterned dress low neckline basket flowers seated young naked man long hair sitting smoking pipe feet skull crossbones inscription MEMENTO MORI bottom wreath woven leaves Reverse five images infants swaddling clothes Materials subject gingerbread mould decorative folk motifs floral decorations wreaths female figures rich dresses allegorical representation Transience personification Date 19th century Origin Silesia Province Silesia 1742–1918 Dimensions height 36.5 cm width 8.8 cm depth 1.5 cm Creator unknown tall rectangular wooden panel vertical arrangement carved reliefs showing carved figure person dress near carved basket seated figure surrounded ornamental foliage middle circular wreath- carved motif near brown wood light gray background small hole near top edge.