Antique Lithograph German Folk Costumes Prussia. Spreewald Albert Kretschmer 1870 A vivid narrative chromolithograph depicting women in traditional Spreewald costume seated in a flat-bottomed boat, a scene characteristic of the canal-rich landscape of the region. The composition combines ethnographic costume detail with everyday rural life, showing lace collars, patterned aprons, and ceremonial headwear in active use. The costumes shown are those of the Sorbian or Wendish population of the Spreewald and the wider Lusatian cultural area. Worn across villages in Lower Lusatia and parts of Brandenburg and Saxony, these garments formed an essential expression of identity, particularly for women. Published in Leipzig by J. G. Bach after designs by Albert Kretschmer, the plate belongs to a celebrated 19th-century series documenting regional European dress with both scholarly intent and decorative refinement. The inclusion of landscape and movement gives the image strong visual appeal for interior display. Size of image: approx. 7.75 inches x 10 inches (approx. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm) Size of sheet: approx. 10.5 inches x 13 inches (approx. 27 cm x 33 cm) In very good condition; blank en verso. This is an original published between 1870 and 1880, not a reproduction! I sell only originals!! ? Chromolithograph came from Deutsche Volkstrachten, Original-Zeichnungen mit erklдrendem Text (1887) by Albert Kretschmer, a book detailing the folk dress of the peoples in areas covering modern day Austria and southern Germany. ?Albert Kretschmer (1825-1891) was known for his highly detailed drawings, watercolors and lithographs usually in publications detailing varieties of German and international costumes and historical clothing. In addition, he worked until 1889 as a costume designer at the Kцnigliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin.