Légende

Church napkin. Napkin made of linen with a fairly dense weave. In the middle an inscription embroidered with gold thread on a silk ribbon: Whoever eats my body / and drinks my blood has / eternal life And / I will raise / the last / day / in John in the year 6 / in 54. Around it is an appliquéd narrow grosgrain ribbon in cream and beige forming a circle with three-pronged rays 10, and within them small blue and gold embroidered rays. An identical grosgrain ribbon in three tones of blue is sewn around the edges of the napkin. The ribbons, approximately 8 mm wide, date from the second half of the 18th century, but the inscription was created earlier, as the sewn-on ribbon partially obscures its lower letters. Fabric density: 30 warp and weft threads per cm. 18th century, Poland. Height 76 cm, width 80 cm., A square textile laid flat with visible creases and a stitched border, showing a light beige or off-white background with a pale green decorative inner border and a thin darker edge; in the center a stylized sunburst motif stitched in pale yellow with a circular center and radiating pointed rays, and a few short green stitched accents between some rays.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A14_041

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79.3Mo (4.8Mo) / 50.8cm x 39.1cm / 6000 x 4622 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Church napkin Napkin linen fairly dense weave middle inscription embroidered gold thread silk ribbon Whoever eats my body drinks my blood eternal life I will raise last day John year 6 54 appliquéd narrow grosgrain ribbon cream beige forming circle three-pronged rays 10 within them small blue gold embroidered rays identical grosgrain ribbon three tones blue sewn edges napkin ribbons approximately 8 mm wide date second half 18th century inscription was created earlier sewn-on ribbon partially obscures lower letters Fabric density 30 warp weft threads cm Poland Height 76 cm width 80 cm square textile laid flat visible creases stitched border showing light beige off-white background pale green decorative inner border thin darker edge center stylized sunburst motif stitched pale yellow circular center radiating pointed short green stitched accents rays.