LIBRARY at M. KNOEDLER & CO, | — 566-8 FIFTH AVE. =| NEW YORK a ro ore y 4) pay ay LM IRE Ba , .. my « ‘oe elle? aa é an oer, SS é § Pe ees ie aa: ee eee Piece ia iain Gy Se ey eee ~— —S ar me —. = Se ae a aw ~ . . 7 eee PUBLIC VIEW ON THE PREMISES APRIL 19th, 20th, 22d anp 23d, 1912 FROM 9.30 A.M. UNTIL 5 P. M. THE RARE ART TREASURES AND OTHER COSTLY CONTENTS OF THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE J. HAMPDEN ROBB TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY anp THURSDAY AFTERNOONS APRIL 24th AND 25th, 1912 AT 2.30 O’CLOCK AND IN THE GRAND BALLROOM ‘OF THE PLAZA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING APRUG 2oth, 1917 AT 3 AND 8.30 O’CLOCK WHEN PROSPECTIVE BUYERS WILL BE ADMITTED BY CARD ONLY ( LIMITED TO THE CAPACITY OF THE SALESROOM ), WHICH MAY BE HAD FREE UPON WRITTEN APPLICATION TO THE MANAGERS MOOT] ISU y-THL OL AVMUIVLG—TIV], DFONVUINGY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF fea ART TREASURES FURNISHINGS, EMBELLISHMENTS AND OTHER COSTLY PROPERTY CONTAINED IN THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE J. HAMPDEN ROBB TWENTY-THREE PARK AVE., NEW YORK CITY TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF STEPHEN H. OLIN AND GEORGE BLAGDEN, EXECUTORS ON THE DATES AND AT THE PLACES HEREIN STATED THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY OF THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MaAnacers 6 EAST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, MADISON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK 1912 i et a ye cs a far 1 7 es Mme Ve Ae a 4 ee 7 ¥ , ; ; i. | ‘i \ eee a el \ § i . aa ip Cy». . ba os” c ad ; y +o an] a ‘ tor ‘ = f Pa 2 > i . A * ; a] =: ape i) Press of Tue Lent & Grarr CoMPANY 137-139 East 25th Street, New York s CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. The highest bidder to be the Buyer, and if any dispute arises between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 2. The Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance, and therefore, in his judgment, likely to affect the Sale injuriously. 3. The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay down, a cash deposit, or the whole of the Purchase-money, if required, in default of which the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. . 4. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer's Expense and Risk within twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the Sale, unless other- wise specified by the Auctioneer or Managers previous to or at the time of Sale, and the remainder of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction of the Auctioneer, on or before delivery; in default of which the undersigned will not hold them- selves responsible if the lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. 5. While the undersigned will not hold themselves responsible for the correctness of the description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and make no Warranty whatever, they will, upon receiving previous to date of Sale trustworthy expert opinion in writing that any Painting or other Work of Art is not what it is rep- resented to be, use every effort on their part to furnish proof to the contrary ; failing in which, the object or objects in question will be sold subject to the declaration of the aforesaid expert, he being liable to the Owner or Owners thereof for damage or injury occasioned thereby. 6. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be removed _ during the Sale. 7. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared within one day from conclusion of Sale (unless otherwise specified as above) shall be re-sold by public or private sale, without further notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the de- faulter at this Sale, together with all charges attending the same. This Condition is without prejudice to the right of the Auctioneer to enforce the contract made at this Sale, without such re-sale, if he thinks fit. 8. The Undersigned are in no manner connected with the busi- ness of the cartage or packing and shipping of purchases, and although they will afford to purchasers every facility for employing careful carriers and packers, they will not hold themselves responsible for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such services. Tue AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Manacers. THOMAS E. KIRBY, AvcrTionerr. Tuurspay Aprint 25 do SPECIAL NOTICE In order to provide adequate accommodations for prospective buyers the Public’ Sale of Furniture, Porcelains, Bric-a-Brac and the other objects described herein and not designated by an asterisk (*) will take place at the AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH and The Paintings, Tapestries, the ‘“Animal’’ and other Rare Rugs, all of which are marked with an asterisk (*), will be sold IN THE GRAND BALLROOM OF Pitt PLAZA FIFTH AVENUE, 58th to 59th STREETS Each lot will be sold on the date indicated in red on the margin of this Catalogue, and in accordance with a specially prepared “Order of Sale” published under separate cover, copies of which may be obtained on application to the AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers. ENTRANCE HALL 1— Hatt Sear A comparatively old production in the French Renaissance style. The high back is paneled with relief carvings of medallion heads, pendants of trophies, leaves and conventional designs. It is topped by an openwork cornice, and two seated lions form ter- minals. ‘The box seat has carved panels of figure subjects and leaf patterns and the ends have fluted panels. Height, 6 feet 81%, inches; width, 4 feet. 2—Pair Iratian Carvep Woop Cuarrs With shield-shape backs and octagonal seats; elaborately carved. in the Renaissance style. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Specian Novice at Tor or ruis Pace. Tuurspay Aprit 25 do do do do do 3—Parm ANTIQUE SpanisH Hicu-Bacx Cuairs Carved walnut frames, with front brace of shell design. Seats and backs covered with tooled leather and finished with large brass nails and finials. 4—ANTIQUE SPANISH THRONE CHAIR Carved walnut frame, open arms with acanthus and rosette orna- ments. Seat and back covered with old embossed and luminated leather. Finished with large brass nails and ball-shaped finials. 5—Carvep Oax Harty Tasre In the Renaissance style. Oblong shape top with carved edge; supported by four twisted columns and carved underbrace. Height, 3 feet; length, 5 feet 11 inches; width, 3 feet. 6—Evazsorate Carved Oak CHEstT An old reproduction in the Renaissance style. The front and ends carved in relief with arch-shaped panels, intercepted by Corinthian columns and pilasters, within which are medallion female heads. With old iron handles and lock. Height, 3 feet 5 inches; length, 6 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 7—Marsxe Bust or LonereLLow Sculptured in statuary marble by Henry Dexter, Boston. Born, 1806; died, 1876. Height, 31 inches. 8—ScuLPTuRED SIENNA Marsie PEDESTAL Pilaster shape, with Nubian marble drapery, relief acanthus front panel and lion mask on base. Height, 4 feet 3 inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches. 9—Marste Busr or Cotumsus Sculptured in statuary marble by R. Trentanove, Rome, 1830. Height, 30 inches. 10—Scurrrurep Sienna Marsie Pepestar Pilaster shape with Nubian marble drapery, relief acanthus front panel and lion mask on base. Height, 4 feet 3 inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches. Prospective BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ SpectaL Novice Precrprxe No, 1, ‘AL MEDICI PORPHYRY Tururspay 11—PAIR MONUMENTAL MEDICI VASES OF PORPHYRY Arprit 25 Vases: height, 3 feet 1 inch; diameter, 2 feet 6 inches. Pedestals: height, 3 feet; diameter, 26 inches square. Artistically sculptured and highly polished on the entire exterior and inner surface. They are of graceful, lily shape; with bold flaring flange and on spreading foot and square shape bases. The whole mounted on a massive pedestal of Cippolini marble. Norr.—The above vases were brought to this country by Joseph Bonaparte, who had received them as a present from the King of Sweden. They were bought at the sale of the contents of Count Bonaparte’s mansion at Borden- town, New Jersey, 1845, by the father of the late J. Hampden Robb. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectra Novice Precepine No. |. 11 No. ‘THURSDAY Aprit 25 WEDNESDAY Aprin 24 do. do do 12—Lone Srrip SixreentH Century GENorse VELVET Ruby-red color, lined with blue silk. Length, 11 feet 8 inches; width, 20 inches. 13—Irauian Masorica Tray Sunken center, serpentine border. Decorated with a mythologi- eal subject and floral festoon in yellow, green, brown and blue, on a light buff ground. Repaired. Length, 18 inches; width, 14 inches. 14—Two Otp Curvese Buve anp Wuire Puates Thin sonorous porcelain. Branches of tree peonies and fret bor- ders, painted in two shades of underglaze blue. Diameter, 121% inches. 15—PAIR BEAUTIFUL OLD HAGUE PLATES From the Joseph Bonaparte collection. Bordentown, 1845. With deep sunken centers-and scalloped borders. They are of soft paste, coated with a cream-white glaze of even quality and artistically decorated. In the center of one painted in naturalis- tic colors are geese and chickens, and landscape background; in the center of the other, a hawk, crane and landscape. On the bor- ders of both are reserve panels of floral bouquets painted in co- balt-blue and surrounded with gilded rocaille framing ; underneath the foot is a Dresden mark said to have been placed there at the time of production because Dresden productions were then com- manding a higher price than those produced at The Hague. Diameter, 1614 inches. 16—Carp Tray Hammered copper with inserted silver band and relief palm. Gor- ham Company. 17—Terra Corra Prant Jar Cylindrical shape, relief ornamentation of amorino and floral festoons. Height, 12 inches; diameter, 12 inches. Prospective BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specitan Notice Precepine No. 1. THURSDAY 18—ANTIQUE VENETIAN SCARF Apri 25 Leaf scrolls woven in gold and silver threads on a red ground. Finished with galloon fringe. WEDNESDAY “ ere) 19—Parm Larcr Encusu Faience Puant Jars Richly decorated with plum in blossom on a blew de rot ground. Elephant head and ring handles. Height, 20 inches; diameter, 19 inches. THURSDAY 20—O.up Irauian ALTAR FRONTAL Aprit 25 Flowers, fruits and leaf scrolls, in silver thread and silk needle- work of the Sixteenth Century appliqué on red velvet; a needle- work picture is inserted in the center, finished with braid and metal thread fringe. Length, 8 feet; width, 34 inches. do 21—Iraian SIXTEENTH CENTURY ALTAR FRONTAL : Profusely embellished with passion flowers, leaf scrolls and birds artistically embroidered in silks in harmonious tones and metal threads, edged with braid and bordered with fringe. Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. do 22—PorTIERE A portion of an old Bokhara rug, of closely woven silky tex- ture with geometrical patterns in ivory-white, orange-yellow, blue and pink on a wine-red ground. Length, 9 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. FRIDAY Apa. 96 SOE LEMISH SIXTEENTH CENTURY TAPESTRY RUSTIC GALLANTRY Length, 7 feet 9 inches; width, 4 feet 5 inches. A country maid is seated at the left of the foreground, beside her spaniel. Her costume consists of a white cap and crimson bodice, with a white Watteau skirt, bunched over her blue petti- ProsrEectivE BuyrErs WILL PLEASE READ Svectat Novice Precepine No. 1, coat. She looks demurely at a youth who, with a basket on his arm, has halted in the road and bends toward her, gesticulating with one finger as he talks. He is dressed in a rosy-red coat and white breeches, while his calves are swathed in material of the same color. Behind the girl’s figure the bushy bank is gripped by the roots of a tree which leans inward at the top of the panel, forming a canopy of warm yellow, grayish-green and greenish-blue leaves. Beneath this appears a distant view of a ruined chateau, half buried in creamy and delicate pale green foliage. The border shows a ground of buff and cinnamon brown, embellished with a repeat of reversed crimson and white acanthus leaves, alternating with sprays of roses. pemar *24 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE TAPESTRY PORTIERE HEAD OF MEDUSA Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 5 feet. The chief feature of the design, placed a little below the center, is the head of Medusa, with mouth open and snakes circling around the head. It is rendered in tones of brown, cream, gray- ish-blue and indigo and is set in an oval frame of strap ornament. Around this, issuing from a helmet above the oval, curve acanthus foliations, executed in dark blue, sage-green and bluish-gray, with dull crimson on the curl of the leafage. Of similar colors are the rest of the arabesques which embellish the buff ground, bringing the latter into the shape of a rectangle with grotesque figures in the corners. The whole is surrounded with an elaborate border, composed of trophies of various details of war, among which may be noted a helmet, cuirass, gauntlet and flag and also musical instruments, such as drums, pan-pipes and trumpets of various curving shapes. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Notice Preceptnc No. 1. FRIDAY APRIL 26 *No. 25 FLEMISH LOUIS SEIZE TAPESTRY PORTIERE AN ALLEGORY Length, 8 feet 3 inches; width, 6 feet 5 inches. A young lady is seated at the right of the foreground, dressed in a dark blue gown, white in the high lights and edged round the skirt with a design of gold stitch. Her cap is of rosy salmon silk and a drapery of the same color appears on her right shoulder and, falling behind her back, is spread over her lap. Seated by her side and gazing earnestly into her face is a youth who wears a dark blue tunic, reach- ing to the knees of his bare legs. His hand, resting on one knee, points to an older lady, standing at the left, with her hand extended toward his companion. Her costume has the suggestion of a Greek chiton, of blue material, bordered with a gold design, worn over a slaty-blue robe. In the rear of the group the meadow is crossed by a rude fence, beyond which two youths are walking side by side, one of them distinguished by a floating mantle of pale rose. At the right a farmhouse nestles below a range of peaked and wooded hills, while overhead, bearing a cornucopia, hovers a figure whose body and legs show dark blue beneath the wrappings of buff and cream drapery. The border is composed of a succession of bunches of roses, grapes and apples and of tulips in a vase. ProsPecTIVE BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Novice Precepine No, 1. d ne é Tuvrspay eds ae 26—Persian Rue Weave of the Nineteenth Century. Closely woven thick pile, ruby-red center, with a medallion and pendants in yellow and corners in green, all of which are covered with conventional floral patterns, woven in tones of blue, red, green and pink. Framed with a series of borders to harmonize. Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet. do 27—Persian Lone Rue Kirmanshah weave of the Nineteenth Century. Closely woven silky pile. On a field of old red are imposed three irregular- shaped panels with corresponding pendants, which are embellished with floral sprays and conventional patterns, finely designed and woven in tones of jade-green, red and dark blue, upon a yellow ground. The corners are of harmonious designs and the three borders, two of ivory-white and dark blue, are covered with lotus scrolls and conventional patterns, woven in subdued colors. Edged with a guard band of red. Length, 10 feet, 6 inches; width, 4 feet 7 inches. do 28—Persian Lone Rue Kirmanshah weave of the Nineteenth Century. Closely woven pile. The field is of old red with a dark blue diamond-shape cen- tral panel, with floral motives in various colors, and pendants and rosettes woven in tones of turquoise-blue, brown, yellow, red and ivory-white. ‘The corners are dark blue covered with palm and conventional floral patterns in various colors; and the borders, of turquoise-blue, ivory-white and red, are embellished with lotus : flowers, palmettes and scroll patterns, woven in harmonious col- ors. Edged with a guard band of red. Length, ll feet 7 inches; width, 5 feet 8 inches. do 29—LarceE OrtrenTAL CarPET Kirmanshah weave of the Nineteenth Century. Closely woven thick pile, salmon field with a central panel and pendants and corners of dark blue with conventionalized lotus and leaf scrolls, woven Prosrecrive Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Speciac Norice Precepina No. 1, three narrow eee of red and i Gamioeet slue w ered with conventional floral patterns, and ey of ivory-white, which is embellished with large lotus leafy scrolls. A motif usually found in antique - tions. oy Length, 18 feet; width, 9 } RECEPTION ROOM (TO THE RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) WEDNESDAY Apart 24 80—Oxp Satsuma Lear-SHare Tray Crackled glaze; floral decoration in enamel colors and do 31—Guass Frower Vase Lily shape on permanent tray. Intaglio and gilded of flowers, birds and ribbon bow-knots. do $2—Pair Smarty Brass CanpLEsTICKs In designs of boars’ heads. 3 do 33—Parr FRENCH ENnamMet VAsEs Oriental design i in imitation of Chinese cloisonné enamel. ‘Height, 7 do 34—Two Smatu Bronzzs Wolves. By A. Jacquemart. Signed on the bases. do 85—Smaxu Orv Frencu Bronze Wolf caught in trap. Antique green patina; has black marble plinth. Height, 5%, inches; length, 7 inches. > 1% : Prosrecrive Buyers witt PLEAsE READ Specitat Notice Precepine No. 1. rata Wepxesvay 86—Parr Decoratep Faience STATUETTES Apri 24 do do do do do do do Seated female and male figures, dressed in Eighteenth Century period. 387—Pam Oxtp Detrr ORNAMENTS Dutch peasants milking. Decorated in copper-red, yellow, brown and underglaze blue. Marked with monogram of Keyser & Pyn- aker and dated 1658. $8—Pair Fine Otp Frencu Bronze STATUETTES Jean Jacques, Rousseau and Voltaire. Antique patina. Height, 1314 inches. 39—Bronze Group Hares and young, by T. Moianiez. Golden brown patina. On black marble base. Height, 15 inches; length, 15 inches. 40—Bronze Group Greyhound and Angora cat at play. Black marble base. Height, 10 inches; length, 12 inches. 41—Oup Bronze Covered Urn On tall, slender foot; relief ornamentation of blossoms and fruit. Black marble base. Height, 94 inches. 42—-Pair Bronze Coverep VASEs Relief ornaments of flowers, scroll handles, and eagle finial on covers. On black marble bases. Height, 8 inches. 43— JAPANESE Faience Ovirorm VASE Coated with an ivory-white and brilliant green running glaze. In- cised and floral decoration in red. Height, 10 inches; diameter, 8 inches. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrtan Novice Precepina No. |. WEDNESDAY ApRIL 24 do do do do do do 44—Trauian Faience JARDINIERE Flower shape. Finely painted decoration of tulips, chrysanthe- mums and other flowers on a light buff ground. Height, 8 inches; diameter, 14 inches. 45—Dercoreur EarTHENWARE JAR Globular shape with rudimentary handles. Flambé glaze in imitation of Chinese. Height, 10 inches; diameter, 12 inches. 46—Core ann Inpivipvat TEA SET Richly decorated with floral panels and gilt scrolls on a rose du Barry ground; consists of teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, cup and saucer and tray. 4°77—Royat Worcester VAsE Gourd-shape, with dragon modeled in bold relief. Coated with an opaque mottled blue glaze in Chinese manner. Height, 1714 inches; diameter, 84 inches. 48—TasLe Lamp Gorham bronze. A globular-shape jar with dragon handles and sceptre head feet; Japanese design. Copper-red patina. Ar- ranged for electric light. 49—T ante Lamp Japanese faience jar. Coated with a brilliant green glaze and decorated with a crane, modeled in relief in ivory-white. Has pleated yellow silk shade. Arranged for electric light. 50—Larce Taste Lame Faience jar of oriental design mounted in polished brass. Has large yellow damask shade, trimmed with gold thread lace. Ar- ranged for electric light. 51—Manret Crock Black marble case, with bronze group. ProspectivE BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Novick Preceprne No. 1. Wepnespay 52—BronzeE STATUETTE Aprit 24 do Tuourspay Aprit 25 do do Flavia. Stamped “Reduction Mecanique A. Collas.” On black marble base. Height, 30 inches. 53—Marsie PEepEsTAL A polished gray marble shaft with statuary marble revolving top and base. Height, 42 inches; diameter, 15 inches. 54—Manocany Bric-A-Brac Taser With three irregular shaped shelves and gilt brass mouldings and rail. 55—Tera Tasie Japanese lacquer; aventurine ground with birds, tree in blossom, peonies and other designs, executed in relief and various lac- quers. 56—Manocany CuHair Hepplewhite style, shield-shape open back, inlaid with satin wood. Seat covered with floral silk brocade. 57—Lapy’s Cuair Upholstered all over in plush and flowered tapestry, finished with fringe. 59—Frencu Carp Tasie Pedestal support on scroll legs and with folding top, ebony finish; the top and side panels inlaid with various woods of musical trophies within floral framing, and scroll design. Brass mouldings. 60—Watnut SECRETARY Ebonized mouldings and gilt lines. Drop lid. Height, 5 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet 9 inches. ProspectivE BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectar Novice Precepine No. 1. THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do do do do do 61—Carvep Watnur Lisrary Taser Ebonized mouldings; blue cloth top. 62—Watnut Boox Case Ebonized mouldings and gilt lines. Three drawers in base. Height, 4 feet 10 inches; length, 5 feet 6 inches. 63—Suire or UpHorsterReD FuRNITURE Consisting of a large sofa with pillow back and tufted seat; covered with olive-green silk plush. Two high-back chairs, lady’s chair and reception chair upholstered to match. 64—Upricutr Piano Seven octave, by Chickering. Rosewood case. 65—Manocany Piano CHarr Antique design; seat covered with jardiniére velvet. 66—Two Down Sora CusHions Covered with golden yellow brocaded silk moiré. 67—S1_k Vetour Taste Cover Borders and medallions in gold thread and silk cord embroidery. Length, 5 feet 5 inches; width, 4 feet 3 inches. 68—Irauian Satry Damask Curtains anp LAMBREQUINS- For four windows, red ground with scrolls and conventional pat- terns brocaded in golden yellow. Finished with fringe, lined and interlined. Each: length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 33 inches. 69—Two Rep Vetour Door Curtarns Ornamented with the conventionalized fleur de lis and bold scroll borders in gold metal thread cords and galloon. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet 2 inches. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Srecian Notice Precepine No. 1. oe No. 70 | hee AN EXTRAORDINARY ae PERSIAN SIXTEENTH _ CENTURY RUG FRIDAY Aprit 26 *No. 70 AN EXTRAORDINARY SIXTEENTH CENTURY PERSIAN ANIMAL RUG Length, 7 feet 4 inches; width, 5 feet 3 inches. About 480 hand-tied Persian knots to the square inch. The weft is of silk and the warp of the finest wool. Of the rare type known as the “Animal” or “Hunting” Carpet. The pile, which is closely woven, is of a silky velvet texture; on a field of ruby-red is imposed an elaborate embellishment of figures of various animals, lions, tigers, leopards, deer, wild boar and other beasts, some in combat; numerous birds, various trees, many of them in blossom; two garden fish pools, the sacred lotus, and other flowers, and the con- ventional cloud forms, all wonderfully produced in the yellow of the topaz, jade-green, sapphire-blue, turquoise-blue, ivory-white, salmon- pink, and orange-yellow. A wide border of sapphire-blue is covered with flowers of the sacred lotus, leafy scrolls and birds, which are woven in colors to harmonize with the dominating embellishment. This border is framed with a narrow stripe of orange-yellow and an outer or guard band of ivory-white, which is paneled with ruby-red and conventional patterns. Framed under glass. The following is a translation of a letter written in French, received by Mr. Robb relating to the rug above described: According to your desire I am transmitting to you my opinion on your car- pet. This carpet represents an immense historic garden named Shah Nebad, having many gates. In the middle of the garden are two cypress trees and a great num- ber of animals of all kinds. This garden belonged to Shah Manseur of the Musaffer dynasty. At the same period there lived a poet of great celebrity, named Hafis. He loved a lady of the palace and it was his custom to come to the garden each morning before sunrise to read to her his poems. Some one having discovered his amour and told it to the Schah, the Schah ordered his gardeners to put the poet out, which was done. In leaving Hafis recited some lines of poetry which may be freely translated: Gardener, don’t push me like a raging wind out of the garden, for it is my tears of blood which water the roses of your flower-bed. The lines live to-day in one of his books called Divany Hafis. Hafis died in the year 794 of the Hegira (1416 A. D.). (Signed) Hakky Bey. Amateur of Persian and Arabian art and graduate translator, 7 rue Alfred Stevens, Paris. Prospective BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Norics Preceprne No. lL. an a a. at * ened ria are fe we Me oe, yo Ke J raat a * u Re EN Is ty ig” aS qf AAIS HLYO N—WNOO0OYW NOILAHOAY AZUOLVAY SIno'y Tuvrspay Aprir, 25 WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 do do do do 71—Larce OrrentTat Carper India weave of the Nineteenth Century. Closely woven thick pile. The field of shaded olive-green without embellishment. The cor- ners and wide border of red with a lotus motif copied from early Ispahan productions. A series of ivory-white and turquoise-blue narrow borders are of conventional pattern. Edged with a band of olive-green. ; Length, 16 feet 4 inches; width, 12 feet 2 inches. LOUIS QUATORZE RECEPTION ROOM (TO THE LEFT OF MAIN ENTRANCE) 72—Pair Royat WorcrEsTeER SMALL CoupPEs Ivory-white, thin porcelain, with openwork and gilded tops. 73—Crown Dersy Beri In design of a lady in Sixteenth Century costume; richly decorated. Height, 8 inches. 74—Cuina Group “The Young Faggot Gatherers.” Decorated in brilliant enamel colors. Height, 7 inches. 75—SeEvres Jar Oviform with hat-shaped cover. Vermiculate pattern in black and gold on a celadon ground, with floral sprays outlined in black. Sévres mark. 84. Height, 914, inches; diameter, 4 inches. 76—Royat Worcester VAsE Globular shape, with dragon handles and sceptre head feet, fash- ioned after a Japanese bronze. Coated with an ivory-white glaze and ornamented in relief with floral sprays in gold matte and platinum. Height, 6%/, inches; diameter, 634 inches. Prospective Buyers WItt PLEASE READ Spectan Novice Precepina No. 1. WEDNESDAY "7__Faience Miniature Arm CHAIR Aprin 24 do do _ do de do do do Pastoral subjects and floral sprays painted in brilliant enamel colors. Height, 9, inches. 78—F Lower VAsE 7 English porcelain. Cupids pulling a cornucopia chariot. Height, 7 inches; length, 111 inches. 79—CuHINEsE VasE Oviform with receding neck. Shagreen ground, turquoise-blue glaze and archaic dragon, scrolls and floral sprays modeled in relief in the paste and gilded. Ch’ien-lung period (1736-1795). Height, 81% inches; diameter, 4 inches. 80—Ouxp DrespEn Porcertain Tray Pierced border of leaf scroll and shell pattern of blew de roi glaze and gilded decoration. Length, 141%, inches; width, 8% inches. 81—Coatport Lrar-SuHare Tray Gilded interior, shell shape handles. Length, 10 inches; width, 9 inches. 82—DrespEN Taste Lamp Painted decoration of pastoral subjects, framed in relief flowers. Arranged for electric light. 83—Parr OxLp CuHInesE Porcenain VAsES Double fish shape. The scales glazed with opaque-green and out- lined with black ; the heads, fins and tails, invested with an iri- descent aubergine glaze. Mounted in gilded brass of Louis Quinze style. Height, 14 inches. 84—Parr Royat Drespen Larce Jars Oviform, with dome-shaped covers. Finely painted decoration of brilliant enamel colors in floral motifs. Shoulder of jars and the covers ornamented with floral festoons intricately modeled in high relief and enameled. The covers surmounted by statuettes of pastoral figures. Height, 22 inches; diameter, 1114 inches. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Norice Precepine No, 1. WEDNESDAY Aprit 24 do do THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do 85—Ciock Set _ Louis Seize style. Gilded brass with relief figures and decorated porcelain panels. Side pieces, covered urns, of rose-pink glaze with decorated panels and gilded brass mountings. 86—Decoratep Porcetain PLaaue “The Chocolate Girl,” mounted in a carved wood and gilded frame of Louis Quinze style. Height, 12 inches; width, 914 inches. 87—Decoratep PorceLtain PLAaQuE An English mansion and garden. Mounted in a gilt and plush frame. Height, 81/4, inches; length, 11 inches. 88—Guass Taste Lamp Antique design with tall slender shaft; has pleated flowered silk shade, trimmed with gold thread lace. 89—Foor Sroor Carved and gilded wood frame in the style of Louis Seize, cov- ered with green satin damask. 90—Smati TaBsLe Gilded wood, with heart-shape top and triangle shelf. 91]—Pair Reception CHatrs Gilt wood frames, tufted seats and back. Upholstered in écru satin and appliqué stripes. 92—Taprstry CoverED SETTEE Carved and gilded wood frame in the style of Louis Seize. Seat covered with Beauvais tapestry of the Louis Seize period; pink ground and golden-yellow panel on which is a basket of flowers woven in naturalistic colors. Border of laurel leaves in- tercepted by single blossoms. Height, 19 inches; length, 4 feet 2 inches; width, 16 inches. Prospective Buyers WILt, PLEASE READ Specrat Notice Precepine No. 1. ‘THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do do do do 93—Frencn Watunut Bric-A-Brac Tasie With drawer and undershelf. Guilt and chiseled ormolu mounts, wreath ornaments and rail. 94—FrencH Parauetry EscriTorre Of the Louis Quinze style. Mountings and mouldings of chiseled and gilt ormolu. 95—FrencH Watnut CENTER TABLE Serpentine top with burl panel. Fluted legs, serpentine under- brace with flaming urn. Mouldings and ornaments of gilded brass. Height, 291%, inches; length, 51 inches. 96—ImrorteD FrencH Watnvut CaBInet With burl panels and inlaid borders. Mountings, mouldings, and ornamental reliefs of chiseled and gilded ormolu. Sur- mounted by a slab of Sienna marble. Height, 421% inches; width, 35 inches. 97—ImvporteD Frenco Watnourt CABINET Companion to the preceding. Height, 421, inches; width, 35 inches. 98—Mrrror Carved wood and gilded frame of openwork floral and rocaille design in the style of Louis Quatorze. Height, 56 inches; width, 31 inches. 99—Suire or UpHoisTeRED FURNITURE Walnut and ebonized frames with gilt brass mountings, up- holstered in tufted silk brocade, of floral and lace pattern on an écru ground. Consists of a large high-back sofa, small high- back sofa, two armchairs and two side chairs. 100—Dowwn Sora CusHion Covered with écru moiré and embellished with needlework floral sprays and rocaille borders. Edged with tassel fringe. Prospective BuyEers wWILt PLEASE READ Spectan Novice Precepine No. 1. Tuvespay 101—Sora CusHion Covered with ivory-white velvet with embossed floral, bowknot and wave patterns. Edged with silk cord and backed with satin. 102—Sora CusHIon Covered with écru silk, which is embellished with a vase of flowers, leaf scrolls and amorino finely executed in silk needlework. Edged with fringe and backed with satin. *103—A SERIES OF FOUR FINE SAVONNERIE PANELS OF THE LOUIS SEIZE PERIOD Each: height, 54 inches; width, 271% inches. These panels are woven in wool by the process known as haute laine, for which the Carpet Factory at La Savonnerie was famous. Originally intended as rugs or carpets, these examples of hand- weaving grew in value with the introduction of machinery, until they came to be treated as special objects of embellishment. The panels, except for the central feature, are uniform in design, rep- resenting a pearly-white ground, framed by a rococo border. The latter is composed of an interlace of reed-like growths, in color, re- spectively, mignonette gray and golden-brown. It is embellished at the corners and the centers of the sides with light blue acan- thus foliations and reinforced at the base with a device of shells and Chinese fret. Outside this frame the ground is of rose du Barry pink, set in a gilt frame. In each case the central feature is placed upon a little island of mossy-green verdure. A—Here in the center is represented the dainty figure of a lady in a gown of delicate rose and a Pompadour sacque of sapphire- blue, which, as she lifts it lightly with her hands, reveals the pink lining. B—As a companion piece to the foregoing, this panel contains a young gallant, with his head and body curved to the left in Prosrective BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Notice Precepinec No. 1. an inclination of courtesy. He is arrayed in a rosy-colored frock coat, a long-skirted vest of the same hue and gray ese His left hand holds a cane to the ground. C.—The central feature here consists of a plant of hollyhocks, growing in three stalks, which have a general inclination toward the right. The blossoms are of the double variety, pine in hue, nestling amid yellowish and gray-green leaves. D.—Here the device of hollyhocks reappears, but with a general inclination of the growth toward the left, and with blossoms of the single variety. THURSDAY 104—Parr Door CuRTAINS Aprit 25 Brocade chenet, of the Louis Quinze period. Rosewiae ground with ivory-white panels and floral sprays and ribbon filets bro- caded in naturalistic colors. Finished with tassel fringe and backed with red silk rep. Each: length, 8 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet 5 inches. do 105—Loutis Quinzze BrocapE CurtTAINns With lambrequins for two windows. Flower and lace pattern brocaded in low tones on an écru ground. Finished with silk braid and tassel fringe, lined and interlined. Complete with cornices and loops. Each strip: length, 8 feet 3 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. WEDNESDAY 106—Anprirons AND FENDER Arrit 24 Polished brass, rocaille pattern in the style of Louis Quatorze. Length of fender, 4 feet 7 inches. F AY Aun, 9 4 107—UNUSUAL “ANIMAL” CARPET Length, 15 feet 2-inches; width, 9 feet 6 inches. India weave of the Eighteenth Century. Thick pile. The field is of dull black and is covered with palmettes, twining vines, ProsPpecTivE BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Speciran Norice Preceprne No. 1. a eS a ee eur e. a ‘ Tucrspay Aprit 25 .do India lotus, animals and peacocks woven in low tones of red, yellow, brown and ivory-white. At each corner of the field is a red panel, within which are standards of palmettes and floral scrolls woven in low tones; the wide border of red is covered with large lotus flowers and sprays of henna in ivory-white, brown and yellow, and two narrow borders of ivory-white and another of black, are embellished with conventional floral scrolls. STAIRWAY TO MAIN HALL 108—Perstan Rue Ghiordes weave of the Seventeenth Century; closely woven pile. The field of sapphire-blue is in shape of a prayer-niche, with a stepped arch. On either side are upright panels of ivory-white with small flowers and leaves in red, green, blue and yellow. The field above this niche is of ivory-white with single carnations in naturalistic colors, and above this is a panel of turquoise-blue with conventional patterns woven in harmonious colors. It is framed with a wide border of ivory-white, with sprays of carna- tions and leafy scrolls woven in red, green and dark blue, and two narrow borders, including the outer guard of olive-green with floral rosettes woven in naturalistic colors. Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet 5 inches. ~109—Perrsian Rue Khorassan weave of the Eighteenth Century; silky pile. The field, of old red, bears a central medallion of dark-blue with floral patterns in tones of red, ivory-white and green. Vases of flowering plants in similar tones and chained lions and parrots in low tones of yellow, olive-green and dark-blue. Bordered with a dark-blue band with lotus flowers and leaf scrolls in colors to harmonize with the dominating design. Length, 6 feet 2 inches; width, 4 feet. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpeciaL Notice Precepine No. 1. Wepnespay 110—Haneinc BAaroMETER AND THERMOMETER sents French, of the Louis Quinze period. Ornamented and niounted in gilt ormolu, with rocaille borders and floral ornaments. Length, 46 inches. GRAND HALL (FIRST FLOOR) do 112—AnrTiavE CHINESE PoRCELAIN JAR Oviform with hat-shaped cover of clear white hard paste of the Ch’ien-lung period (1736-1795) and profusely decorated in underglaze blue with large lotus flower amid leafy serolls. Seal mark underneath the foot. Height, 191%, inches; diameter, 13% inches. do 113—Parr Ox_p Frencu Porcetain Larce Vases Etruscan shape on low foot, with gilt scroll handles. Enameled with a rose du Barry glaze; gilded and further embellished with garden scenes and numerous figures in Eighteenth Century cos- tumes. Have tall plush-covered pedestals. Height, 19 inches; diameter, 16 inches. do 114—AntiavE Frencu BELLows Carved wood with dolphin and relief scrolls in relief and cherub handles. Wrought iron mountings of dolphins and fleur de lis. Height, 421, inches; diameter, 16%, inches. do 115—Sratvuary Marsie ScuLtprure A reduction of Thorswaldsen famous “Lion of Lucerne.” Mounted on fleur de pécher marble base. By an unknown sculptor. Height, 14 inches; length, 2434 inches. de 116—Bovte Crock Wiru Bracket Louis Quinze period. Upright case with shaped platform top of ebony, inlaid with bronze arabesque. The gilt mountings in- ProsrecrivE Buyers WILtl, PLEASE READ Specran Norice Preceprne No. 1. clude “Time” as a finial, Venus in a chariot beneath the dial, and rocaille borders and mask corners. Repoussé and chased gilt dial with enameled numerals. Inscribed Frizon a Paris. Extreme height, 54 inches; width, 22% inches. i dear 117—Pair Wrovent-tron CAnDLESTICKS Tall slender shape on tripod scroll design. Arranged for electric lights. Height, 41 inches. do 118—AntievE ANprIRONs AND Fire SET Of wrought and hammered iron. The andirons with scroll feet, tall shafts, and brackets sustaining fire baskets and chains. The shovel, tongs and poker of Gothic design, with brass figure finials. Height, 53 inches. THurspay Avni, 25 LL9—Paix Low Pepestats Carved and gilded wood in the style of Louis Seize; marble top. Height, 151% inches; diameter, 18 inches. do 120—Sranisu Goruic Weppinc CHEsT , Carved central panel, with end and side panels, decorated with gold tracery and a coat of arms. It is fitted with four drawers, the front panels of which are carved and gilded. Rests upon two carved wood lion heads. Height, 26 inches; length, 32 inches; depth, 30 inches. do. 121—Larcr Frencu Louis Quatrorze Arm CHAIR Carved and gilded wood; cabriole legs with leaf ornaments, the underbrace sustaining a shell and mask ornament, the open arms terminating in rocailles and the back surmounted by a shell and floral pattern. Seat and back covered with old red satin damask. do 122—Pair Evasorate Frencu Louis Quarorze Arm Cuairs To correspond with the preceding. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Notice Precepinc No. 1. THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do do Fripay Aprit 26 123—Larcr Frencu Louis QuinzeE Sora Carved and gilded wood frame. Seat and high back upholstered with red satin damask of the period. Length, 7 feet 3 inches; depth, 2 feet 5 inches. .124—Two Sora Pititows Covered with red silk and satin damask. Trimmed with velvet galloon and edged with silk braid. 125—Larcr SETTEE Carved and gilded wood in the style of Louis Quinze. Cane seat and back; loose cushion upholstered with figured red satin damask. Length, 6 feet 5 inches; depth, 2 feet. 126—Two Sora CusHions Covered with red satin damask and edged with cord. 127—Rep Vetiver CurrTaAins AND LAMBREQUINS For two windows. Finished with tasseled fringe, lined and inter- lined. Each strip, length, 12 feet 2 inches; width, 4 feet. *No. 128 LARGE LONG INDIA RUG Length, 20 feet, 10 inches; width, 7 feet 2 inches. Agra weave of the early Nineteenth Century. Copy of the rare type of Ispahan Sixteenth Century productions. On a field of brilliant ruby- red is imposed numerous flowers of the sacred lotus, sprays of henna, “tichi” or cloud forms, skilfully woven in sapphire and turquoise-blue, Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectar Notice Precepine No. 1. topaz-yellow, jade-green, ivory-white, pink and brown. Surrounded by a wide border of dark blue which is almost completely covered with large flowers of the lotus, “‘tichi” scrolls, henna flowers and animals, woven in tones to correspond with the predominating colors. The inner guard border is of olive-green and the outer guard band is of ruby-red and covered with conventional patterns. Fray i Aprit 26 *No. 129 LONG INDIA RUG Length, 13 feet 9 inches; width, 6 feet 4 inches. Agra weave of the early Nineteenth Century. Another copy of an Ispa- han Sixteenth Century production and of similar design and character to the preceding. do * No. 130 LARGE INDIA CARPET Length, 14 feet; width, 13 feet 7 inches. Agra weave of the early Nineteenth Century. he field of brilliant ruby-red is richly embellished with a central medallion and corner orna- ments of jade-green and low tones of yellow and ivory-white, and is completely covered with flowers of the sacred lotus, leaf scrolls, “‘tichi,”’ or cloud forms, and floral pendants, all beautifully woven in resplendent coloring. The wide border of dark blue with large lotus flower and leafy scrolls accentuates the predominating embellishment. A remark- ably fine production which thoroughly illustrates the influence of the Sixteenth Century Ispahan and Rhodian specimens. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL NOTICE Precepine No. 1. Fripay Arrit 26 * No. 131 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL GOBELINS TAPESTRY PANEL ARTEMISIA Height, 43 inches; width, 31 inches. The Queen of Caria is represented weeping for her husband, Mausolus, in whose memory she built the famous Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The jar, containing his ashes, stands beside a pearl necklace on a table, which is covered with a tapestry, arabesqued in blue and crimson flow- -ers and scrolls upon a golden ground. The lady’s figure appears at the left in profile, inclining toward the vase, as she raises to her face the folds of her azure-blue mantle. The latter, fastened with a circular jewel on the shoulder, is open at the side, revealing a white robe. Its full sleeve is clasped by a golden circlet, studded with one blue stone and two crimson ones. The lady’s pale blond hair, confined upon the crown with a blue band, embellished with a bunch of pearls, descends to her back in a braid, over which floats a white transparent veil. The background consists of a dull crimson dossal and lambrequin. The panel is set in an antique gilt frame. ProsPectivE Buyers WILL PLEASE READ-SpeciaL Novice Precepine No. 1. of oma ee 7 ‘ SS > Le As a | - "i Re ee oe ¢ “= « Ee GN : es 2 5 : : : od ws TRY PANELS FRIDAY AprRiIL 26 No. 132 TWO EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL GOBELINS TAPESTRY PANELS OF THE SERIES LES MOIS GROTESQUES BY CLAUDE AUDRAN A—FEBRUARY Length, 9 feet 91% inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. The panel has a ground of cream, tinged with brown, and is bor- dered with a repeat of small lily-cups, involving tones of purplish- brown, white and French-gray. The central feature of the design is a figure of Neptune, with an apple-green drapery floating around his nude form, as he stands upon a shell, holding a trident. It is enclosed in a frame each side of which is composed of a foun- tain of four vertical cascades, supporting a canopy that includes wreaths of shells, suspended from a scallop-shell. In the upper part of the panel is a trophy, formed of a fountain and a garland of red seaweed and snail-shells, from which hang two osier lob- ster-pots and fish spears, while at the extreme top appears a wreath, enclosing two fish. Meanwhile, the foot of the panel is occupied by the bow of a vessel, from which anchors and oars pro- ject, while a gonfalon floats from the mast. It is framed with arabesques of reeds, which are surmounted by two sea-horses. B—SEPTEMBER Length, 9 feet 9% mches; width, 2 feet 2 ches. This panel is a companion to that of February and has similar ground color and border. Here, it is the nude figure of Vulcan, Prospective Buyers W1LI PLEASE READ Spectat Norice Precepine No. 1. No. 132 partly covered with crimson drapery, as he sits upon an anvil, grasping a hammer, that occupies the center of the composition. Over his head two smoking bomb-shells are suspended by chains from a canopy, which is supported on columns, while grouped around his feet are a helmet, shield and quiver. A cartouche, con- taining a salamander amid flames, separates this central feature from the design below, which exhibits three monkeys ham- mering on an anvil, two of them emerging as grotesques out of the crimson acanthus frame. The base is occupied by a mortar, from which a smoking bomb is ascending, while two other bombs lie upon the ground. At the top of the panel a wreath, enclosing a pair of scales, appears abgve a trophy of armor, surmounted by a warrior’s head. Illustrated. FRIDAY Aprit 26 *No. 133 TWO RENAISSANCE PETIT POINT OVER DOORS. FLEMISH SIXTEENTH CENTURY Width, 2 feet 9 inches; length, 7 feet 7 inches. Originally used as altar frontals, these two panels, embroid- ered in silk in the method distinguished as Point d’Hongrie, are of identical design. The ground is black, embellished with a bold and vigorous arabesque of amber and green volutes, scrolls and foliage, based upon the motive of the lily. It is disposed around the central feature of a spray of the Annunciation Lily, bearing five chalice-shaped blossoms, and at the left and right of this assumes a suggestion of cornucopias, into which a delicate blue is introduced. These terminate in flowers, which also are sprinkled over the whole design, with occasional variation of bunches of purple grapes. Among the flowers may be noted tulips, carnations, and the clustered lilies sometimes identified with “‘flowers of the field.” Each panel is surmounted by a scroll, on which, respectively, the following legends appear: “‘VIRG. SIC FLORET REDOLETQUE IN CONSPECTU DEI’: ‘Thus she flowers and gives forth her Fragrance in the Sight of God,” and “Maria, Cannor & A. JosepH, Opor,” “Mary, Glistening Whiteness, and, by means of Joseph, Perfume.” Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Novice Precenptne No, 1. ‘FIFTEENTH CEN- APESTRY PANEL FRIDAY Apri 26 * No. 134 FRENCH FIFTEENTH CENTURY TAPESTRY PANEL SINGLE FIGURE SUBJECT Height, 9 feet 3 inches; width, 4 feet 2 inches. On a beautiful old rose ground, sprinkled with flowering plants, a young man, portrayed life size, is represented standing beneath an apple tree. His figure appears upon a little patch of pale-green, treated like an island, on the edge of which a crane stands on one leg, as if listening, while the man talks, with his left hand raised in a gesture of explana- tion. There is a suggestion, in fact, that the figure may be meant to commemorate St. Francis, before he donned the habit of a monk. For his garb is that of a rich man of the early Renaissance; a dark steely- blue tunic, with short full sleeves, embellished round the square-cut neck and armholes, the waist and down the front with gold braid, while a gold embroidered tablier further decorates the skirt of the tunic. The latter descends below the knees, the legs being encased in rose-colored hose, the feet in tan shoes. His smooth, long, blond hair, is surmounted by a crimson cap, which shows against the yellow-green leafage of the tree. It is sprinkled with small red apples, over one of which a bird is hovering. Among the flowers are discernible forget-me-nots, daisies, Solomon’s-seals, pinks, ox-eyed daisies, the narcissus, and blue corn- flowers. The border is composed of narrow bands of dark olive, yellow olive and buff. ProspectivE BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Notice Precepinae No. 1. No. 134 No. 185 ‘ FLEMISH TAPESTRY & 5 3 a g i} Fripay Aprit 26 * No. 135 ‘SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FLEMISH TAPESTRY PANEL ~~ OneE oF A SERIES AFTER CARTOONS BY VERNET Height, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 11 inches. This piece and the following one reflect the influence of foreign trade upon the artist’s design. In the background appear the hull, mast and rigging of an ocean-going vessel, contrasted with a little fishirig-boat which a man is hauling to the bank. Meanwhile, there stands in the fore- ground a personage, in Oriental garb, consisting of a sort of Persian cap, a crimson robe, edged with fur and opening over a dark-blue tunic, and buff trousers, tucked into blue boots. With one hand held over his belt and the other planted on a cane, he is paying his respects to a lady, seated at the right. She is dressed in a long flowing sacque of rose and white, with a fur border, and has a plume in her hair, from which a white veil hangs down her back. Seated between these two figures appears a white-bearded man, wearing a blue headdress and a drapery of rose and white. Behind the group, at the right, is a tree, the trunk of which cuts across the masonry of an arched bridge. The bor- der consists of bands of cinnamon, cream and salmon tones, entwined with an alternate repeat of flowers and leaves bearing a blue jewel. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Notice Precepine No. 1. No. 135 _ PLEMISH TAPESTRY ab) ~~ | SEVENTEENTH CENTURY a »? "Terr ee a oe eat at Se = Fripay Apri 26 * No. 136 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FLEMISH TAPESTRY PANEL AFTER A CARTOON BY VERNET COMPANION TO THE PRECEDING Height, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet 5 inches. The foreground is separated into two parts by a narrow strip of the water of a harbor. On the left an old man, dressed like an Oriental, in a gray-blue cap and feather, blue fur-edged robe and a tunic and trousers of rosy material, is seated with a rod and line. He has caught a fish and is looking across the water to a man, also in Oriental garb, who reclines at ease upon the quay, his arm supported on a bale. He is surrounded by other bales and a cask, while a sailor bends beneath the weight of a big bundle, as he steps from the deck of an ocean vessel, with reefed sails, that is moored in the background at the right. Mean- while, standing behind the fisherman is a lady, distinguished by a rose and primrose turban, embellished with a white plume, and a fur-edged amber sacque, which opens over a white gown. While she looks down at the old man, she points to the traveler, as if comparing the product of his labors with that of the stay-at-home. A little boy kneeling beside the fisherman, completes the group. Conspicuous in the background is an arched bridge, connecting the two points of land. The border is similar to that of No. 135. _ “4 . \T P ProspectivE BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ SrectaL Novice Precepinec No. 4. 9EI "ON IT OS A ’ i a *s a No. 137 r ase _——s«&FARLY EIGHTEENTH CEN- ss TURY ROYAL BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL -. FRIDAY ApriIL 26 *No. 137 EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL BLIND MAN’S BUFF AFTER A CARTOON BY FRANCOIS HUET Height, 6 feet 5 inches; length, 7 feet 2 inches. At the foot of two trees, whose stems cross each other on the left of the foreground, a boy, in brownish-yellow coat, appears at the back of a girl who is seated on the grass. Dressed in a rosy buff-brown sacque, over a petticoat of blue and yellow stripes, she extends her hand toward another girl, standing in the center of the composition, whose costume consists of a petticoat of similar pattern but lighter hue and a rose-colored bodice and Watteau skirt. She holds the finger of one hand to her chin, while the other hand rests on the shoulder of a youth who is blindfolded. He is leaning to the right with arms stretched in front of him, as he gropes toward a third girl who, while she eludes him, touches his forehead with her hand. She is dressed in a crimson bodice and a blue skirt, puffed over a petticoat striped with red and slaty-blue. At the back of the group extends a wall, beyond which a waterfall is foaming between boulders, while a ruined tower occupies the right distance and roofs appear among some trees at the left. The border is similar to that of Nos. 135 and 136. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Notice Precepine No, I. ag tat NG 188 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ee : _ ROYAL BEAUVAIS TAP- im. -s ESTRY PANEL ee aie Le ee 7 FRIDAY Aprit 26 * No. 138 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL BEAUVAIS . TAPESTRY PANEL A HUNTING PARTY RESTING AFTER A’ CARTOON BY WATTEAU DEV Height, 6 feet 8 inches; length, 9 feet 4 inches. Midway on the slope of a knoll, which is crowned by shrubbery and a vase upon a pedestal, sits a lady in a white gown, the bodice and sleeves of which are tinged with rose. She holds up her closed fan as she inclines her head toward a lute-player, who turns his face to look at her while his body fronts a stretch of level country, bounded by hills. The lady has her left hand round the body of a little spaniel, whose forepaws rest on her lap while he looks round at a maid who sits on the right of his mistress, extending her hands to the dog. A boy stands at her back beside a palfry which is saddled with a blue and crimson pad. Meanwhile, at the left of the foreground a youth, dressed in a rose-colored suit, holds a handkerchief to his face and a gun in the right hand, as he reclines on a bank near a falcon-carrier on which three hooded birds are perched. At the right of the foreground a youth, dressed in blue and carrying a falcon on his wrist, sits a dun pony, partly hidden by a white one in charge of a boy, who also grasps the leash of a hound. The narrow border is composed of bands of buff, cream and salmon-rose, twined alternately with flower-sprays and leaves that are studded with blue jewels. The whole is enclosed in a gilt frame of egg and dart design. ProsrectivE BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ SpeciaL Novice PRECEDING Noe: a me di, J bi es pf: Sem on =a a . = AS corm, 4. 4 TAPESTRY 3 < 2 2 oa SS mae <I = s FrmDAY Aprit 26 * No. 139 FLEMISH RENAISSANCE TAPESTRY SWANS SURPRISED BY LYNXES Height, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. In a swampy pool, deep in the recesses of an apple-orchard, a swan and a rose-colored bird of similar shape are agitated by the attack of a pack of red lynxes, spotted with brown. Two of them threaten the birds, on either side of the pool, while three more are stealthily ap- proaching, one of them appearing from behind a tree-trunk. -In the distance another rose-colored bird appears in flight. Near it stand two men with guns, one of whom is in the act of firing; but whether at the bird or at a lynx is uncertain. Indeed, it may be that they are huntsmen whose quarry is the swans, while the lynxes are trained to play the part of hounds. Beyond the apple orchard appears a screen of trees of smaller growth, with a view beyond of verdured hills and a chateau with a tower. The foliage is a bluish-green, while the rest of the details are rendered in tones of cream, amber, brown and pale yellow on a gray-green ground. The whole composition is en- closed in a narrow band of cinnamon-brown, decorated with a repeat of blue interlace and white flowers, while around the sides and bottom runs a broad border, embellished with trophies and canopies of foliage and, in the center of each side, a female figure, playing on a lute. Prospective BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ Seectan Novice Precepine No, lI. No. 189 No. 140 -FLEMISH RENAISSANCE TAPESTRY a * tl a ee A < FrRiIpAy APRIL 26 * No. 140 FLEMISH RENAISSANCE TAPESTRY AN ALLEGORY Height, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. The center of the composition is occupied by a circular enclosure, formed of a green wattled fence, within which are evidences of peace | and refreshment, while on the outside creatures of prey are seeking their victims. The subject, in fact, seems to allegorize the blessings of the Church or of civilization, as contrasted with the rude conflict of the world outside. Within the fold repose three fawns around a fountain, which is flanked by columns, terminating in heraldic lions that hold cartouches. ‘Three birds are perched on the top of the fence. In the upper part of the panel appears a distant view of a landscape where a youth, brandishing a staff, hastens forward from the left, beckoning to a hound which runs to meet him from the opposite side. In the lower left of the composition a falcon claws a prostrate dove, while at the right a lamb sleeps in ignorance of danger. Meanwhile, at the base of the design, another lamb has been seized by an eagle and a wild cat creeps up to share the slaughter. A broad border extends down each side, decorated with a handsome profusion of large leaves, apples, grapes and narcissus flowers, in tones of cream, amber, faint rose, pale-green and purple upon a ground of deep bluish-green. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpeciaL Norice Preceprnc No. 1. No. 140 DINING ROOM TABLE GLASSWARE WeDNESPAY 14]—Twenrty-Two SHERRYS Aprit 24 do do do do do do Slender stems, engraved band. 142—Set or TaBie GuasseEs Thin plain crystal texture, consists of eleven sherrys, twelve hocks, sixteen liqueurs, twelve goblets. 143—Ser Venetian Taste Grass Very thin quality. Consists of twelve sherrys with green stems and cherry relief decorations; twelve liqueurs, tall slender shape, with emerald-green stems; twelve cocktail glasses to match. 144—EIcHTEEN BoHemiAn RHINE WINE GLASSES Thin green texture, spiral pattern with relief rosettes. 145—EIcHTEEN Cut WINE GLAssEs Antique design, square and star-pattern bases. 146—TeEn CHAMPAGNE GLASSES To match the preceding. 147—SEVENTEEN AVENTURINE GLAss CHAMPAGNE BowlLs Flower-shape on low foot. 148—Ser or Four TumBiers AND TRAY Tumblers mounted in silver, gilt tray with mirror base. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Sreciat Notice Precepine No. 1. WepnesDaY 149—OxLp Frencn Crystat Guass Lieurur SET Aprit 24 do do do do do do do do Decorated with floral festoons and border design in penciled gold. Consists of two liqueur bottles with handles, and twelve glasses, and round tray. 150—Cur Guass Tape SERVICE Star and hob-nail pattern. Consists of fourteen sherrys, fifteen wines, nineteen clarets, eighteen finger bowls, three salt cellars, twenty-six hock glasses (red and green), eighteen tall cham- pagnes, nineteen goblets, twenty-four plates. 151—Cur Guass Frurr Bown. On low foot. Rich star and hob-nail pattern. Diameter, 10 inches. 152—Bonemian Guass Fruir Bowi Ruby and white. Cut hob-nail pattern band. Diameter, 81, inches. 153—Two Cur Grass DecANTERS One with engraved star pattern band. The other with cut dia- mond pattern. 154—Eneutsu Cur Guass DEcANTER Diamond and fluted pattern, ribbed neck. 155—Cut Guass DECANTER Spiral pattern with diamond band. 156—Cur Guass DecanTER Diamond pattern band, ribbed neck. 157—Cur Guass Criaret PircHer Star foot, ribbed neck. Prospective BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Novice Precepine No. 1. Werpsespay 158—Pam Cur Grass Decanters Apri 24 do do do do do do do do do Globular star pattern bodies. 159—Parr OLp Enewisu Cur Grass Decanters Diamond pattern bands and stoppers. 160—Parm Cur Guass Decanters Antique designs, diamond and disk bands, ribbed necks. 161—Pair Spun Grass Lieveur Borrres With indented sides, mounted in repoussé silver of Louis Quinze style. 162—Eneravep Grass Criaret PircHer Silver-gilt hinged lid, handle and mounts. 163—Cuaret Cup PircHer Crystal glass with cut border. 164—Parr Crystat Grass CANDLESTICKS Tall shape with lily bases. Cut floral and leaf ornamentation. Height, 14 inches. 165—Fovur Crysrat Guiass CANDLESTICKS Tall shape with lily bases. Cut floral and leaf ornamentation. Height, 1334 inches. 166—Twentve Royat Worcester Porripcre PLares Floral decoration in famille rose style. 167—Eicutreen Frvuir Piares Wemyss ware. Decoration of flowers and fruit in brilliant enamel colors. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Novice Precepinc No. 1. Wepnespay 168—E1cutT Fisno Puates Aprit 24 do do do - do do do German porcelain. Decorated with various fishes, shells and sea weeds, gilt edge. 169—Twetve Dessert PLaTEs French porcelain, floral sprays in blue and gold. 170—SEVENTEEN OystTER PLATES Haviland’s Limoge. Celadon and gilt decoration. 171—Twetve Royrat Dovuttron Oyster PLATES Sunken centers, with pink glaze and maroon and gold matte band. 172—E1¢nTEEN Itrarran Cuina Soup PiateEs Center of each decorated with views of famous places and edi- fices in Italy. Blue and gold borders. 173—SIxTEEN Oxp Canton Cuina Sour PLAtTEs Decoration of floral sprays in underglaze blue, red and gilding. 174—Twetve Wepcewoop Sour PLaAatEs Decorated with various vegetables and shells. 175—Twetve Royat Bertin Porcerar Soup Piares Finely painted decoration of floral sprays, penciled gold and basket border; scalloped edges. Marked K. P. M. 176—Twe ive Brownsrietps Cuina Soup PLates Ivory-white centers with King’s-blue borders and decoration in gold matte. Tiffany & Co. ProsrectivE BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Notice PRECEDING Wo. 4. Apri 24 do do do do do do do WEDNESDAY 1'77__Twenty-rour WepcEwoop DINNER PiatTEs Finely painted decoration of game and other birds. 178—Two Wepcewoop Smaut Puarrers Decoration of fish and hen. 179—Tewn Encusn Porcetaww Dessert Puatres Gilded borders and scalloped edges. 180—Ei1entTEEN Minton Sipe Piates Kidney shape, gilt edges. 181—FourtTeen Minton Game Puates Beautifully painted decoration of various birds. Basket pattern borders and gilt edges. 182—Twetve Royat Berwin Sovre Puiates Decorated with floral wreaths and bow-knots carved in low re- lief under the paste. Penciled gold borders under the edges. 183—Ei1cuHTreEeN Minton Sour Puares Ivory-white centers, celadon borders with gold matte festoons. 184—Twetve Coperanpn Game Puares Beautifully decorated with rich plumaged birds, butterflies and insects. Border with relief and painted leaf patterns and clus- ters of strawberries. 185—Eicnreen Coartvort Fruir Piates Delicately painted floral sprays. Rocaille borders in green and gold. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Notice Precepine No, 1. WEDNESDAY Z 186—Twetve Corpetanp EnNTRE PLATES Apri 24 White centers with bands of rocaille and gold matte. Canary- yellow borders and rope edges. ie 187—Twetve Canton Cutna Entrt Piates -Lotus and chrysanthemum decoration in brilliant green and other enamel colors; red, gold and green borders with diaper and fret patterns in gilding. ae 188—Ei1cuHTren Limoce Sarap PLatEs Octagon-shape. Decoration of French landscapes in sepia on a pale-blue ground. Reserve panels with floral sprays and gilding, burnished gold edges. ae 189—Fovurrreen Minron Game Prates Beautifully decorated with various birds by W. Munsill. - do 190—Ei1curren Wepcewoop Fisn Prares Finely painted decoration of various fishes and sea weeds. do 191—Twetve Minton Asparacus PLATEs Gilt rocaille and shell borders. do 192—Twetve Iravian Faience Piates Decorated with various scenes and celebrities. do 193—Twetve Lititz PLates ~ Decorated with subjects after Teniers; leaf and basket pattern borders. do 194—Twetve Roya, CopenHAGEN Dinner PLaTEs Ornamentation carved in the paste beneath a translucent glaze. Border of laurel wreath and rosettes in blue. ProsPectTivE Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpEciat Notice Precepine No. 1. Apri 24 do do do do do ¥ 195—Firreen Worcester Puace Puares Wreath border of magenta and green rope edges. 196—Twetve Encuisu Piace Priares Ivory-white, with penciled gold borders, turquoise band and gilt edges. 197—TweLve esx Puace Piates Center medallions, of Holland scenes, finely painted in enamel colors. 198—Turereen SrarrorpsHire Prace Prares King’s blue borders, with reserve panels of flowers and leaf pat- tern; scalloped edges. 199—Twetve Minton Entre Piates Decorated with various birds in enamel colors and branches of flowers in gold matte and platina applied in relief and chased. 200—Srr Minton Piares With acid gold borders. Consists of thirteen breakfast plates, sixteen soup plates, eleven lunch plates, nineteen dinner plates. 201—EIcuTEEN CopPpELAND PuLace PuateEs Decorated with finely painted floral sprays within blue and gold shell design framing. Paste and decoration in the style of old Sévres. 202—Twetve Minton Prace Piates White centers, canary-yellow borders with festoons in gold matte and other band in acid gold. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Specrar Novice Preceprne No. 1. WEDNESDAY Aprint 24 do do do do do do do do 203—Twentry-rour Royat Worcester Dinner PLATES Penciled gilt borders and edges. 204—Larce Faience PLatTrer Octagonal-shape, decorated with a coat of arms and leaf bor- ders in reserve and enamel colors. Lemon-yellow ground. Length, 24 inches; width, 141%, inches. 205—Two Canton Octracon DiIsHEs Landscape and river view in cobalt-blue. Length, 12% inches. 206—Twetve CHOcoLATE Cups AND SAUCERS Made in Russia by Kornilow Bros. for Tiffany & Co. Conven- tional borders in green and red, gilt edge. 207—Twetve Frencu Porcetain Trea Cups anp SAUCERS Bleu de roi glaze, burnished gold handles and edges. 208—Twetve Frencu PorceLain Corree Cups AND SAUCERS Bleu de roi glaze, burnished gold handles and edges. 209—Turee Coprtanp A¥rrer-DINNER CorreE Cups With combination saucer and trays, garden and figure decora- tion, painted in enamel colors, gilt edges. 210—Drespen Trea Cappy anp Cracker JAR Canary-yellow glaze, with floral sprays painted in colors. Lace pattern and leaf borders painted in gold. 211—Pair Porceiain SMALL TUREENS AND PLATTERS Finely painted decoration of various fishes, leaf scroll handles and gilt borders. Prospective BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Norice Precevrne No. 1. 212—Royat Dovtron Ser Green glaze, decorated with beach scenes at Scheveningen. Con- sists of cheese dish with cover, small covered jar, large covered jar, coffee pitcher and pitcher. 213—Turer Wemyss Ware Frerr Baskets Twisted handles and borders covered with opaque-blue glaze; decoration of tulip, carnation and roses in naturalistic colors. 214—Four Wemyss Ware Porrincers On low foot; straight handles. Decoration of floral sprays and branches of apples and cherries painted in naturalistic colors. 915—Two Wemyss Ware Heart-SuHarpe Trays Decorated with thistles and roses. 216—Two Wemyss Ware Heart-SHare Trays Decorated with game cocks. 217—CuinesE Porcerain Jar Oviform with short wide neck, enameled with a monochrome glaze of coral-red. Tao-Kuang period (1821-1850). Height, 13 inches. Diameter, 10 inches. 218—Parm Curines—E Porcetain TempLte Jars Wirn Har-SHapre Covers Rose-color glaze peonies, lotus, leaf scrolls and show symbols painted in enamel colors of the famille rose. Round the shoulder sceptre heads and encircling the foot a border of gadroons in similar colors. Height, 17 inches; diameter, 10 inches. Prospecrive Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Specrtan Notice Precepine No. 1. THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do do do do 219——Exazorate Eneuis Oax Sipe Boar Artistically carved in the Renaissance style. Has closets in base and four large drawers with swinging brass handles. Height, 4 feet 9 inches; length, 10 feet 4 inches; depth, 2 feet 9 inches. 220—Parr Carvep Encuisu Sipe TAaBLes In the Renaissance style, to correspond with the preceding side board. Height, 3 feet 10 inches; length, 4 feet; depth, 2 feet 6 inches. 221—Larce Encuisu Oak Dinine Taste With legs in design of Corinthian columns, carved in the Renais- sance style. With three extra tops, two oblong and one round. Width, 5 feet; extends 14 feet. 222—FourtEeN Hicu-Back Dinine Cuairs ; Carved oak, twisted legs and scroll underbrace. Seats and backs upholstered in red velowrs de Génes. Finished with large brass nails. 223-—Two Carvep Oax Hicn-Bacx Dinine Arm Cuairs With scroll open arms terminating in acanthus leaves, twisted legs and scroll underbrace. Upholstered to correspond with the preceding dining chairs. 224—S1x Low-Bacx Dinine Cuarrs Carved oak, upholstered in red velours de Génes. Finished with brass nails. Correspond with the preceding arm chairs. 225—TureEeE-Foip ScrEEN Covered with antique Cordova leather, which came from the Chateau de Grimberghe, near Brussels. Decorated by Pénes under Louis XIV. Height, 6 feet 10 inches; extends 6 feet. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specian Norice Preceptne No. I. No. 226 “TWO FLEMISH RENAISSANCE _ TAPESTRY HERALDIC PANELS eee | Fripay Aprit 26 *No. 226 TWO FLEMISH RENAISSANCE TAPESTRY HERALDIC PANELS Length, 9 feet 10 inches; width, 7 feet 2 inches. Length, 9 feet 10 inches; width, 8 feet 1 inch. The design of the two curtains is identical, being heraldic in character, with the main motive of a large oval, containing a coat of arms. The field of the oval is a slaty-blue, on which appears a crowned eagle, ex- ecuted in tones of buff and amber-brown, supporting the shield. The quartering of the latter exhibits in the dexter chief two panels of gold eagles on paler gold ground, alternating with three flewrs de lis on gray- blue. In the sinister chief appear five gold escutcheons each carrying five balls, surrounding a panel which bears nine figures, resembling key- stones. In the dexter base five gold eagles are displayed on a gray- blue ground and in the sinister base the gold ground bears a rose and cream-colored wing, which terminates in a hand grasping a sword, up- right. The oval is surrounded by heavy acanthus scrolls, executed in buff, shaded with brown, and in light and dark blue, with white on the curves of the leaves. The rectangle thus formed is edged with a nar- row repeat in tones of light blue, buff and pale cinnamon, which is suc- ceeded by a broad border. At the top and bottom of the latter appears a trophy formed of flags and two cannons, interspersed with details of armor; while the sides represent a succession of trophies, consisting of crossed matchlocks, shields and gauntlets, a corselet, crossed brassarts or arm pieces, a plumed helmet and a banner. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectra Novice Precepine No. 1. POPOL ae ees 2s © Saeas W)) qu No. 226 Se : # = * . od 5 Bake on BR < 3 ee oo \ fs AS N 4 e No. 227 vt | EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND FINE ; FRENCH GOTHIC MILLEFLEURS TAPESTRY Frimay APRIL 26 *No. 227 EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND FINE FRENCH GOTHIC MILLEFLEURS TAPESTRY Height, 11 feet; width, 9 feet 5 inches. This beautiful Fifteenth Century example of Millefleurs Tapestry pre- sents a dull deep-blue ground, closely covered with flowering plants, the labyrinth of forms and lines being accented in spots by the frequent introduction of white rabbits and dogs. ‘The age of the piece is attested both by the limited range of the color scheme, which includes white and pale tones of rose, blue and green, and also by the Gothic character of the flowers and leaves which terminate in curlicues. Near the top is a rabbit sitting with pricked ears, while lower down a rabbit, as a dog approaches, disappears into a hole that is suggested by an are of radial lines. Still lower, toward the right, a terrier is biting a rabbit that les prostrate beneath his feet. Meanwhile, other forms of dogs and rabbits are sprinkled over the part below, and at the base appear three rabbits and a dog that sits up with no desire to hunt. The animals are rendered in white, with shading of drabish-buff, and are drawn with good action. The simplicity of the border is also char- acteristic of the early period of the whole design, being composed of a narrow strip, studded with blue jewels, which is succeeded by a broader band, subdivided into rectangular spaces, cream and faint pink-gold in hue, bearing a variety of formal devices. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Novice Precepine No. 1. in Hie ta Trrerspay 298—Larcr FEREGHAN CARPET | Aprin 25 Nineteenth Century weave. Sapphire-blue field with bold floral patterns, palmette and entwining vine woven in tones of red, yellow, green, drab, brown and white. Frame with a wide border to harmonize, and narrow borders of red with conventional pat- terns in colors. Length, 18 feet 4 inches; width, 12 feet 8 inches. do 229—EicHTEENTH Century Boxuara Rue Closely woven, thick, silky pile. Wine-red field almost com- pletely covered with palmette woven in dark blue, turquoise-blue and yellow. Bordered to harmonize. Length, 12 feet 5 inches; width, 6 feet. WEDNESDAY 229 A—Antiaur Iratian ANDIRONS AND Fire Toots Aprit, 24 Wrought iron. The andirons with elaborate scroll feet, tall slen- der shafts and chiseled brass finials. The shovel and tongs of openwork design with brass female torso finials. Andirons, height, 45 inches DRAWING ROOM 230—ENAMELED SNuFF Box Yellow ground with reserve panels of flowers. do °231—Oxp Berit Sort Paste Cup anp SAUCER Gilt scroll handle, burnished gold lining and foot. Lapis body and decorated panel, with view of Neue Pinacothek. do 232—O.p Frencu PorceLain Cup AND SAUCER Flower shape, the cup with scroll handle and rocaille base; blos- soms in blue and yellow on a vermiculate gold penciled ground. Burnished gold lining. do 233—Oxp Bertin Cur AnD SAUCER The cup with gilt scroll handle decorated with a panel contain- ing landscape, cow and goat, etched gold bands and burnished gold lining. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Norice Precepinc No. 1. WepNEsDAY 934-—Oup Skvres Muc anp Saucer Aprin 24 do do do do do do do Lapis blue glaze of fine quality with reserve panels of birds with- in a leaf and floral framing and raised and etched gold. Marked in blue underneath the glaze. Mark of the Sevres factory, 1753. 235—First Empire Cup anp Saucer Gilt scroll handle; burnished gold lining and foot. Decoration of dogs hunting rabbits and pheasants in wheat field. Signed underneath saucer with the initials J. P. (Jacob Petit, 1790). 236—Frencu PorceLain Covered Cur AND SAUCER Empire green glaze, acid gold borders. 237—O.p Skvres Porcenaty Coverep Sucar-Bowt anp Tray Apple-green glaze with gilded band and floral border, painted by Massy. Mark, Sévres U in blue under the glaze. 238—Royat Sktvres VAsE : Oviform with short neck. Invested with a sapphire-blue glaze of exceedingly fine and brilliant quality. Gilt edges. Height, 8 inches. 239—Oup DrespEN Coverep TuREEN AND SPOON Decorated with finely painted floral subjects and festoons. Re- paired. 240—PircHER Yellow glaze, with reserve panels of allegorical subject, “Astron- omy,” painted in rose-color, and framed in penciled gold. 241—F ine Oxtp Caro pi Monre Casket Panel decoration of mythological subjects and floral pendants, modeled in relief and decorated in enamel colors and gilding. Pen- ciled gold borders of rocailles and gilt edges. Mounted in gilded metal. Mark, Crown F N (1759) in blue underneath the foot. Height, 7% inches; length, 10 inches; depth, 8% inches. 242—Pair OLtp DrespEeN CANDLESTICKS Rocaille ornaments in relief and gilded, and floral sprays deli- cately painted in naturalistic colors. Height, 12 inches. ProsrectivE BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Novice Precepine No. 1. 243—Guass Borrie With leaf-shape handle, yellow ground, with ferns and blossoms in relief in various enamels and gilding. Height, 13 inches. 244—Frencu Porcetarw Vase Amphora shape, with grapevine handles; Neapolitan girl painted in panel, and leaf scrolls penciled in gold. Burnished gold bands. Height, 11% inches. 245—Empire VASE French porcelain. Female miniature portrait, painted in oval panel, maroon ground, penciled and burnished gold bands and borders. Scroll handles terminating in lion masks. : Height, 12% inches. 246—Patr Otp Frencu Porcenain Vases Etruscan shape on quadrilateral pedestals and with scroll handles which terminate in rams’ heads. They are invested with burnished and dead gold and embellished with two finely painted panels il- lustrating scenes from the life of Mary Queen of Scots; a fur- ther embellishment consists of etched cornucopias, floral medal- lions and laurel festoons. Height, 21 inches. 247—MantTie Crock Black marble case, with bronze bas-relief with classical figures, and surmounted by a bronze seated figure of Meditation. Move- ment by Tiffany & Co. 248—Parr O_p Berwin Vases Gourd-shape, yellow ground with scrolls penciled in gold; four reserve panels on each, decorated with finely painted hunting scenes. Marked K. P. M. in underglaze blue. — Height, 14 inches. 249—Oxpv Royat Berwin VAse Graceful oviform, with gilt scroll handles, spreading neck and base. The body is covered with a brilliant mirror-black glaze over which is a profuse decoration of lyres, flowers and leaf scrolls in etched gold. The neck and base finished with burnished gold. Mark K. P. M., sceptre and gilt dagger. Height, 18 inches. Prosrecrive Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Notice Precepine No. 1. WEDNESDAY 950—T'ABLE LAMP Apri s araithiral se ae Globular shape celadon jar with raised ornaments, and hexagonal red damask shade trimmed with lace. Mounted in brass; arranged for electric light. do 251—T ase Lamp Chinese porcelain oviform jar with red glaze, mounted in gilded brass, in Louis Seize style. With octagonal basket weave silk shade, finished with fringe. Arranged for electric light. do 252—Pair Encuisu Faience Piantr Jars With leaf scroll handles and scalloped edges. Relief decoration and rose-color glaze. Height, 159, dnokan Diameter, 151, inches. do 253—Iratian RENAISSANCE CHASUBLE Cream white grosgrain silk richly embellished with passion flowers and leaf scrolls, in silk and gold thread embroidery appliqué, finished with gold thread galloon. uc 254—Oxntone Sora Pirtow Covered with French Louis Quatorze brocade; bold floral and lace patterns woven in naturalistic colors of silk and silver threads on an écru ground. Backed with green satin and finished with old gold galloon. do 255—Ostone Sora Pittow To match the preceding. do 256—Pair CHINESE Carvep TEAKwoop Tai Sranps With paw feet, mask, and other ornamentation. India marble top. Height, 19 inches. Diameter, 20 inches. do 257—Frencu Manocany Rounp Tasie On three slender fluted legs; scroll underbrace with urn. Glass top over a painted surface to represent variegated marble. Gilt brass mounts of floral festoons, and open rail. ProspectivE BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Notice Precepinc No. 1. _ Tuonspay 958—Frencn Wautnur Center TABLE Aprit 25 do do do do do do In the style of Louis Seize. Round top, four slender fluted legs and underbrace supporting basket. Richly mounted with relief scrolls and floral designs in chiseled gilt ormolu. Top of Scago- lia marble surrounded by an open brass rail. : 259—Frencu Maraquerry Taare In the style of Louis Quinze. Oblong, with serpentine top and slender scroll legs; mounts and mouldings in chiseled ormolu. Drawer in base. 260—Frencu Manocany Caniner In the Louis Seize style. Triangular front, beveled glass doors and mirror back. Mounts, moulding and top rail in gilded brass. 261—Carvep Aanp Gitpep Woop SErrrE In the style of Louis Quinze; split cane seat and back, loose cush- ion covered with red silk figured damask. 262—Carvep AND GitpEp Woop Arm Cuair In the style of Louis Quatorze, with scroll legs and open scroll arms. Seat and back upholstered in embossed plush and finished with brass nails. -263—Oxp Frencu Arm Crain In the style of Louis Seize. Carved and ebonized frame; mounts, mouldings and ornaments of gilded metal; upholstered in old red satin damask. 264—Larce Arm Cuair . Elaborately carved and gilded wood frame of rococco design. Seat, back and open arms covered with flowered satin damask. 265—LOUIS XIV ARM CHAIR, UPHOLSTERED IN POINTE D’AIGUILLE The chair is constructed of mahogany, on which there are traces of the old gilding, finely toned by age. The back and seat are Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Norice Precepine No, 1. covered with fine needle-point embroidery, executed in a very minute “tent”? stitch; the design in each being a medallion land- scape set in an arabesque of tulips and roses on a buff ground. In the landscape on the back, a river god, holding an oar, re- clines upon the ground, one arm resting on a vase from which water flows. A satyr is seated at his right upon a knoll, playing his panpipes, while two sheep feed beside him. On the seat is a dainty landscape, worked in delicate tones of French gray, pale grayish-lemon and cream; in the foreground a stag is bounding toward a white unicorn that stands facing him at the right. foe 266—Pair Larce Arm Cuarrs Massive carved and polished mahogany frames; seats and backs upholstered in red-brown velvet brocade. a 267—Buack Berar Sxrin Rue Lined with black felt. Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet. Fray %*268—PAIR OF OLD RED ROMAN SATIN PORTIERES WITH AprRIL 26 Jar BORDERS IN POINTE D’AIGUILLE Each curtain: length, 9 feet 7 inches; width, 6 feet. The curtains are of rosy crimson Roman satin. They are edged with a narrow embroidered pattern in silk of trefoils, white with crimson centers, repeated on a bright green ground. This is suc- ceeded by a border executed in pointe daiguille with a very fine “tent”? stitch. Its design involves a repeat of bunches of grapes and leaves, alternating with reversed scrolls of strap-work. The latter are enriched with roses and tulips, while various birds, in- cluding paroquets and peacocks, are perched upon the volutes. The arabesques include tones of crimson, blue, green and yellow, while the ground has been worked over with a cross-stitch of pearly silk. The outer edge is finished with a narrow fringe, woven on a band that is decorated with little rectangles, alter- nately yellow and deep mossy green. Lined with heavy terra cotta rep. Prospective Buyers WILI, PLEASE READ SpEcIAL Notice Preceprne No, 1, _ Tuvnspay 269—Parr Genoxse Vetver Portikres oF Bold leaf scroll and floral patterns in relief in ruby-red on an old gold color silk ground. Edged with red silk velvet and lined with old gold sateen. Each curtain: Length, 9 feet 5 inches; width 4 feet 8 inches. do 270—Rep Siix AND Satin Damask CurtTaArns For four windows. Lined and interlined. Finished with tasseled fringe; complete with loops and braided lambrequins. Each strip: Length, 11 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. _Wepynespay 271—Awnprirons AND FENDER aah Wrought and burnished brass in the style of Louis Quinze. The f andirons of globular shape, with bursting flames, and turned finials and tripods of scroll design. The fender of openwork design, with urn and flame finials and rocaille borders. 7 Length of fender, 5 feet 5 inches. do 272—Set or Fire Toots Comprising shovel, tongs and poker of iron, with brass mounts and handles. age *&273—LARGE INDIA CARPET APpRIL Length, 19 feet; width, 13 feet 6 inches. Weave of the middle Nineteenth Century. The field is of russet black without ornamentation, surrounded with a border of conven- tional floral patterns woven in relief on a red ground, and two nar- row borders of white, with floral patterns in colors. MUSIC ROOM WepseEsDAY 974——Pair CuinEsE PorceLain Fiower Vases Apru. 24 : Diamond shape; square bases, and movable trays. Decorated with Chinese mythological subjects, fishing scene, landscape and flowers, finely painted in brilliant colors. Height, 11 inches. Diameter, 91%, inches. PROSPECTIVE BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Notice PreceDine No. 1. Sanihitons 275—Pair Minton FLower Jars Ivory-white paste, with figures of Cupids and landscape painted in delicate rose-pink. Relief shell-shape handles and _ basket- pattern borders enameled in green and gilt. Height, 6 inches. Diameter, 61, inches. | a 276—CuInEsE VASE Oviform, with spreading base and trumpet-shaped neck. Hard paste of the Tao-Kuang period, enameled with a turquoise-blue glaze, applied over a surface of etched wave patterns and a dragon modeled in relief in the paste. Height, 18 inches. do 277—Patr Frencu Porceain VASES Oviform, with spreading neck and base, and Etruscan gilt han- dles. Enameled with a brilliant red glaze, and decorated with figures of Pandora en camaicu. Height, 21 inches. do 278—Pair Royatr Srvres VASES Graceful amphora shape, on spreading bases, and with gilt scroll handles. Invested with a blew de roi glaze of brilliant quality, and decorated with figures of dancing nymphs, finely executed en camaieu. Mark of Sévres factory, 48; and decoration, Na- poleon 55. 279—Parr Otp Royvat Berwin Vases, witrH Covers Oviform bodies, with gilt scroll handles and low foot. The bodies covered with a blew de roi glaze of fine quality, and decorated with finely painted panels of pastoral subjects within etched gold framing. Round the shoulder are relief bands of gadroons, and encircling the foot are serpents and acanthus leaves modeled in relief and gilded. The covers surmounted by a pineapple finial. Height, 20 inches. Diameter, 11 inches. do 280—Larcr Otp Roya Beri Vase Graceful amphora shape, with cylndrical and spreading neck; gilt leaf scroll handles, terminating in griffin heads. The body enam- Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SpectaAt Novice Precepine No. 1. WOOY OISO TAT , A 3 3) 6 MPN ia ee a eve sepia 2 ew Silat TSP Tw weventedia Te mes *saVps SRT EW =) eled with a lapis-blue glaze and embellished with two finely painted panels: “Memorial Statue of Friedrich Wilhelm III” and castle, and the “Long Bridge, Berlin.” Sceptre and K. P. M. marked in blue under the glaze. Height, 22 inches. Diameter, 12 inches. 281—Pair Carvep anp Grtpep Woop Brercrres In the style of Louis Seize. Loose cushions, backs and open arms, upholstered in flowered silk and silver thread brocade of the Louis Quatorze period. do ——- 882 _CARVED WOOD AND GILT ARM CHAIR Louis Quinze period. Seat, back and open arms covered with Sixteenth Century Flemish tapestry, with design of clusters of fruits and flowers in low tones. do 283—LOUIS XIV TAPESTRY ARM CHAIR The frame of the chair, enriched with ornament in gesso, still shows traces of the old gilding, to which time has given a very choice patina. The tapestry, with which the back is upholstered, presents a cinnamon-yellow ground, interrupted by a luxuriant design of deep green and gray leafage. Amidst this is dispersed a profusion of tulips, roses, narcissus, crimson and white poppies, pears and apples, while further variety is added by two birds, one of them a paroquet. Except for the omission of the birds, the tapestry upon the seat has a corresponding design. do 284— TWO LARGE ARM CHAIRS Carved and gilded wood frame, in the style of Louis Quinze. The seats, backs, and open arms covered with Sixteenth Century Flem- ish gros point, in bold leaf and blossom pattern, executed in low tones of blue, pink, green and brown, upon a silver-gray ground. do 285—TWO LARGE ARM CHAIRS To match the preceding. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectan Novice Precepinc No. 1. THURSDAY 986 Parr Banquets APRIL 25 do do do do do do Carved and gilded wood frames in the style of Louis Quatorze. Seats upholstered in silk and silver thread brocade of the period. 287—Pair Apams Louis QurnzE CornER CUPBOARDS Of oak and finished in green enamel. The doors are embel- lished with finely painted garden scenes, richly plumaged birds and landscapes with cattle in the distance. The panels of drawers in the bed are decorated with medallions en camieua, amorini, torsos and scrolls, all beautifully executed. The mounts and mouldings are of gilded and chiseled metal in the style of Louis Quinze. Each cupboard is surmounted by a slab of breche vtolette marble. Height, 401/, inches; width, 31 inches. 288—Pair Louis QuinzE CoNnsoOLEsS Carved and gilded wood. Scroll and reeded legs, surmounted by birds, the underbrace in design of dolphins, fox, grapes and rocailles. The bed with bold relief and openwork carving in design of birds, rocailles and scrolls. Each surmounted by a slab of verte antico marble. Height, 331/, inches; length, 50 inches. 289—Baxny Granp Piano By Steinway & Son. Polished rosewood case 290—Piano Bencu Carved and gilded wood, in the Louis Quinze style. Cane seat. 291—AntiauE VENETIAN CLOTH-OF-SitveR Piano Cover Louis XIII Period. Oriental pattern, woven in low tones of red, yellow and ivory-white on a silver ground. Lined with green satin and edged with old gold galloon. Length, 5 feet 3 inches; width, 10 inches. 292—Irattan RenatssAaNcE MantEeL LAMBREQUIN Beautifully embellished with panels of scenes from Roman history and mythology, executed in needle painting and framed in ProspectivE Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpecIAL Notice Precepine No. 1. rocaille and scroll patterns worked in relief and in silver, gold threads and silks; the ground is completely covered with a basket pattern, skilfully worked in silver threads and enriched by pas- sion flowers and various birds, embroidered in silks. Finished with galloon and deep fringe. Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 1 feet 8 inches. Tuurspay — Arar 25 293—Parr Exasorate FiorentINE GIronpDOLES Of old openwork leaf scroll pattern, surmounted by a female mask and spreading feathers. The center panels, which are of glass, are engraved on the reverse side and enameled and gilded. Each arranged for ten electric lights. Height, 5 feet; width, 3 feet. eneaiel *No. 294 Aprit 26 ANTIQUE POINTE D’HONGRIE PORTIERE Length, 12 feet 6 inches; width, 11 feet 4 inches. The center presents a square field of old Roman red satin. Upon this is embroidered a superb device, which, symbolizing the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin, consists of a crown, supported on an arabesque of vines. ‘The former is embellished with seven sunbursts, while the “circlet is enriched with five large star clusters and four smaller ones, worked in imitation of beryls in a setting of pearls. The support com- prises a winding growth of vinestalk, bearing leaves and bunches of pink-purple grapes, on each side of which is an interlace of coiling rose and lily stems in blossom. ‘The field is enclosed by a border of unusual width. It corresponds in design with the embroidery described in No. 133, involving on a dark olive-green ground a bold arabesque of lily foliage, displayed in scrolls and volutes of amber-brown and golden-yellow tones, interspersed with flowers of the lily, tulip, carna- tion and rose, which reflect the colors of the Virgin—rose, white and blue. An additional feature occurs in each corner, where a stag is represented bounding in front of a fountain. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectra Novice Precepine No, 1. Fripay Apri 26 " *KNo. 295 SUPERB SIXTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL BEAUVAIS HERALDIC TAPESTRY Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 9 feet 8 inches. The ground is of creamy yellow, enriched with an arabesque of blue and crimson acanthus scrolls. They are disposed around a “mantle” of ermine, which reveals in its folds the yellow and red of the reverse side. Above it hover two fair-haired amorini, carrying olive sprays and holding a vase of fruit, while its lower folds are raised by two infant forms, as they recline upon a profusion of tulips, roses and ragged poppies. On the ‘mantle’ is displayed a shield, which is sur- mounted by a crown, encircled with the regalia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and supported by two lions rampant regardant. The quartering of the shield shows many coats-of-arms, betokening a prince of the royal houses of Spain, France and Austria. Marshaled in the upper dexter are the castle and lion on a gold field and three fleur de lys on a silver field, while the upper sinister shows gold pales on a silver field and black eagles upon an escutcheon per saltire. In the lower part, dexter, the castle and lion reappear in different arrange- ment, alternating with quarters, carrying three bars, gold on silver, while the sinister part contains three tulips and a sable band on silver surrounded by billets, each of which bears six blue fish. The border is composed of a handsome design of strap ornament, wreathed with roses. It is edged with a repeat device, executed in cinnamon and cream on a dull green ground, rimmed with old rose, the whole being finished with a black band. Prospective Buyers Witt PLEASE READ Specrar. Novice Preceptne No. 1. ay: “Sa 4 me - ae nN spe No. 296 SET OF FIVE EXCEEDINGLY ha = Aer | FINE SEVENTEENTH CEN- TURY ROYAL GOBELINS pat _ TAPESTRIES Fripay Aprit 26 *No. 296 SET OF FIVE EXCEEDINGLY FINE SEVEN- TEENTH CENTURY ROYAL GOBELINS TAPESTRIES MICHEL CORNEILLE’S ENFANTS JOUANT Four of this series of tapestries are uniform in size and complete in design, while the fifth is a narrow upright panel, comprising frag- ments pieced together. The former represent happy and lively scenes from the sports of children. The costumes are for the most part a suggestion of classic tunics, leaving free play to the bare limbs. A—BIrDSNESTING Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 6 feet 10 inches. A boy, dressed in a rosy tunic, is starting to climb a tree at the left of the foreground. He has one knee on a broken branch and the foot of the other leg on the back of a youngster, who lies prone on the ground, his head resting on his arms. From the center a boy in a tunic of silvery-blue, tinged with rose, is running toward them with arms extended, while a girl in an amber-colored chiton and long skirt is pointing to the tree. She urges forward a smaller girl who wears a crimson and cream skirt, tucked up over a creamy petticoat, and carries a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes. Behind her is a tree trunk, twined with virginia creeper, while the distance shows an undulating landscape, bounded by steep mountains, whose creamy sides are clothed with pale-green verdure. ProsrectivE BuyERS WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Notice Precepine No, 1. No. 296A No. 296C B—NINEPINS Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 6 feet 2 inches. At the right of the composition a small boy on his knees is setting up aninepin. His body is partly hidden by the edge of the frame, from which also projects the upper part of another youngster who points to the pins, as he looks back out of the picture. Corres- pondingly, at the left of the foreground, a child in rosy tunic is partly shown, leaning forward over a boy who kneels with a bowl in his extended hand. Meanwhile, in the center, a boy, elegantly dressed in tight-fitting vest of two tones of rose and silvery-pink breeches and sandals, stands watching the game as he leans an elbow on a rectangular slab of stone. Also resting his hand upon the latter is a boy, seated at the left of the stone, in a costume consisting of a blue cuirass and an amber-colored cap with scal- loped brim, embellished with an ostrich feather. In the rear ap- pears a pond, fringed with reeds, beyond which rises a rocky hill, crowned by a castle. C—WRESTLING Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 4 feet 11 inches. On the right of the group a youngster, clad in a blue tunic, has caught up another boy and with his arms around the latter’s waist holds him head down, with his legs describing a V in the air. In the center a boy, dressed in rosy cream, raises his hands, as if in astonishment, while two boys are crawling on their hands and knees. One of them is about to receive a smack from a boy at the left, whose head is covered with a rude straw hat, while his body is encased in a red cuirass with straps of the same color dangling over a short white tunic. Handsome bushes partly screen the mid- dle distance, beyond which is a range of hills, with a village perched midway on the slope. D—-Game or Horse Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 11 mches. On a big stone at the left of the foreground a boy in a red tunic rests his hands, so that his back is horizontal. The position is repeated in tandem by another boy who has laid his head on the back of the former one. Meanwhile, a third, who is distinguished by a blue cuirass, has run and leaped upon the back of the boy in— front and is riding astride with his arms raised in the air. A fourth youngster, wearing the straw hat which has appeared in a previous tapestry, rests his hand on the head of the second “horse” and looks toward a fifth boy. The last is daintily dressed in a tight fitting blue suit of doublet and breeches, with a short cape of the same hue and the crimson cap with scalloped brim and feather that also has previously appeared. The left background is closed in with a high brown bank, over which trails a vine with white blos- soms, while the distance at the right reveals a chateau, perched among mountains. * E—Upricut Panet Witxu Two Ficures Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 11 inches. Divided down the center by a seam, the upper part of the panel shows a mass of bushy verdure at the left and some tree forms at the right. Below the latter, a boy, in rosy-pink drapery which leaves his breast and left shoulder bare, stands with his legs crossed and his hands held, one over the other, at his belt. Opposite to him is a spruce figure in a plumed cap, worn jauntily, and a skin-tight shirt and hose of dull red, with scallops round the edge of the short sleeves and depending from the waist. The handle of a rapier projects from behind the boy’s left thigh and his right hand holds a cane to the ground. The panel is pieced together so that in some parts the drawing of the figures is incomplete. Tuourspay : Avan. 25 297—YEtLow Satin Damask Curtains For three windows. Lined and interlined and finished with braid and deep fringe. Complete with lambrequins, cord loops and tassels. Each strip: Length 12 feet 7 inches; width, 5 feet 3 inches. WEDNESDAY Apr. 24 298—Parr or ANnpDIRONS Of the Louis Quinze design. Bronze figures of cupids, holding torches and seated on bases of gilded brass of rocaille design. THurspay Each: Length, 28%, inches. Arran, 25 299—Larce Asta Minor Carrer Turkish weave of the middle Nineteenth Century. The field of old red is covered with large lotus flowers, floral sprays, leafy scrolls and conventional patterns woven in harmonious tones, dark blue, green, turquoise-blue, ivory-white and yellow. It is bordered with a wide band of blue which is embellished with large panels and medallions of conventional floral patterns, which are woven in colors to harmonize with the main embellishments. Length, 21 feet 3 inches; width, 14 feet 10 inches. do 299A—Otp Persian Rue Dark-blue field, covered with large flowers, scrolls and henna blossoms, woven in various colors. Wide red border with pat- terns to harmonize. Length, 12 feet 10 inches; width, 4 feet 10 inches. STAIRWAY TO SECOND FLOOR do 300—Carvep Woop anp GitT SETTEE In the style of Louis Quinze; split cane seat. Loose cushion covered with old red satin damask. Length, 6 feet, 9 inches. a 301—Pam Antique Spanish Arm CuHarrs Carved oak. Open arms and front brace; upholstered in old Gen- oese red velvet, embellished with a rampant lion and coat of arms in embroidery and appliqué and finished with large brass nails. ae 302—ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CASSONE The front panel elaborately carved in relief with heraldic shield, fabulous birds and acanthus scrolls; the corner ornaments formed of bold masks, terminating in paw feet. Has loose cushion seats, Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specitat Norice Preceprne No. 1. Fripay APRIL 26 * No. 303 PAIR OF LOUIS QUATORZE ROYAL GOBELINS TAPESTRY UPRIGHT PANELS DIANA AND APOLLO Height, 12 feet; width, 5 feet 1 inch. Both of these panels are woven in silk and wool and have the crinkle, which is esteemed so highly in the Gobelin weaves. In general charac- ter the two designs correspond, exhibiting a figure standing in a char- iot, with amorini and a profusion of details massed at the bottom, while the top is cut off from the sky below by an architectural band, above which is a medallion, containing a bird, framed with flowers. A—Di1ana The goddess with a quiver of arrows at her feet, stands on the floor of a gilded car, which has a high back like that of a chair. She is seen in profile, inclining her face toward the spectator, as she holds the reins of a team of stags. Above the latter float two amorini, bearing between them a circular casket, with high dec- orated lid, while at the back of the chariot appears the upper part of another amor, holding a beaker. The chariot is mounted on a claw-footed platform, at the left of which an amor, bearing a salver piled with fruit and flowers, kneels amid a profusion of melons and grapes; while among goblets strewn at the right appears a Cupid with a quiver slung on his back. The bird in the medallion at the top represents an eagle in flight. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpeciAn Novice Preceptna No. 1. a Y ge; = 303 No. ee ee a et a : LOUIS QUATORZE ROYAL GOBELINS TAPESTRY PANEL COMPANION TO THE PRECEDING B—APo.Luwo His head crowned with bay leaves and a sunburst, the god is shown with the right foot planted on the prow of his car, his nude form being partly covered with a crimson and green drapery. A bow is in his left hand, while the right holds the reins of a peacock, whose tail spreads across the composition, above the claw-footed plat- form. Fruit is piled below the latter, and at the left of it two amorini are kneeling in the midst of bunches of yellow grapes, while as a pendant at the right stands an amor, crowned with flowers. Beside the head of the peacock appears the strutting form of a turkey cock, near which is an amor bearing a gilded beaker on its shoulder. The bird in the medallion at the top appears to be a pea-hen with outstretched wings. Illustrated. FripAy APRIL 26 *No. 304 IMPORTANT FIFTEENTH CENTURY FLEMISH GOTHIC TAPESTRY _ PASSION AND TRIUMPH OF THE REDEEMER Length, 15 feet; height, 12 feet 3 mches. This superb example of Early Flemish Weave has a characteristically- high horizon, so that almost the entire composition is filled with groups of figures, ranged one above the other, depicting a series of incidents in the Passion and Triumph of the Redeemer. The whole is resplendent with the beautiful tones of rose, used so freely in the draperies, and glows with the yellows, introduced into the embroideries with which the fabrics are enriched, while masses of the fine old blue tone, relieved with white, add their balance of coolness and vigor to the magnificence of the color-scheme. The story begins in the upper left corner, where appear two figures, possibly of Doctors of the Church, wreathed with scrolls that bear in- scriptions in monkish Latin. This has in some cases been maltreated by the weaver or restorer. For example, the left hand inscription reads unintelligibly “ASOICET IHE DEU SUUM,” after which follows “QUEM CRUCIF INVI,” which is not Latin but seems to mean, “Whom envious men crucified.” The second is better: “D(P)ASSUS SUB PILATO CRUCIFIX(US) MOR(TUUS) ET SEPULLTUS,” “Suffered under Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried.” Beneath this scene appears Pilate, standing before two chairs, as he washes his hands in a basin held by an attendant. Still lower on the left, a soldier with clenched fist is about to strike the Saviour as He bends beneath the weight of the cross on the way to Calvary. Over the top of the cross show heads of Sadducees and a high priest, while, at the right of the Saviour, a rope round His waist is being pulled by a woman who is arrayed in a sumptuous overskirt of cloth-of-gold, lined with ermine. She is inscribed, “INVIDIA,” and behind her appear Prospective Buyers WInt. PLEASE READ Spreciar Novice Precepinc No. 1. No. 304 two women whom inscriptions identify as “HUMILITAS” and “CARI- TAS.” Proceeding to the top of the center, one discovers the Saviour on the cross, and a man in the act of piercing the sacred side with a spear, while a row of soldiers stand behind him, one of them carrying a bunch of hyssop. On the right of the cross are grouped a man and three women, all in blue, while the Virgin, sustained by St. John, kneels in front, distinguished by a robe of crimson and gold brocade, overlaid with a blue mantle. Below this group is depicted the scene of the Burial. The holy women stand beside the dead body, while a man with a blue headdress supports the head, and Joseph of Arimathea appears at the feet. In the right upper corner commences the Triumph of the Saviour. The scene represents the text of I Peter, 3, 19. The Saviour, holding a crossed staff, like the Baptist’s, is preaching to the “‘spirits in prison” and a heavy door, wrenched from its hinges, proclaims that the gates of hell cannot prevail against Him. Lower down the Saviour has en- tered into His Rest and sits enthroned in the company of the Faithful, among whom David can be distinguished by an ermine tippet and Moses by the Tables of the Law. And, kneeling at the Saviour’s side, is a young man, in a cope, probably representing the proto-martyr, St. Stephen. Finally, in the lower right corner appears an old man, garbed in blue, who holds a scroll, inscribed: “O MORS, ERO MORS TUA. OZIAS.” It is the prophet Hosea, who foretold (chapter XIII, 14) “O death I will be thy death” or, as the English translation has it, “thy plagues.” The border of deep blue, sprinkled with flowers, while of the same period as the panel, appears to have been a later addition, since it is not woven as a whole, but seamed at the corners without reference to the design. Inserted in the lower center is a heraldic shield, bearing succes- sive horizontal rows of triangles and surmounted by a mitre. Fripay APRIL 26 * No. 305 EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GOBELINS TAPESTRY PANEL PEGASUS AND NYMPHS FROM CARTOON BY PIETRO DURANTI Length, 12 feet 3 inches; height, 10 feet 10 inches. The panel shows a line of distant hills from which water extends to the foreground. Here the winged Pegasus, creamy-white in color with drab shadings and adorned with a bunch of roses on his neck, is being tended by three nymphs whose heads are decked with bunches of reeds. They are nude to below the waist, whence drapery descends in graceful folds. One, in pale pink, kneels in the water lifting the off forefoot of the horse, as she bathes it. Another, in creamy and rosy drapery, stands at the horse’s head, holding a beaker in one hand and offering the other hand as a cup to the horse’s lips. Meanwhile, the third nymph stands in front of the horse’s body, with one arm laid over its neck. ‘The whole is surrounded by a narrow conventional border, buff and blue, of acanthus tips, alternating with darts. The broad border displays a pilaster on each side, and at the top a trophy, composed of a cartouche, bearing a youthful face framed in braids of blond hair and set amid wreathes of vine-leaves. In the center of the lower border a bolder cartouche contains a white-bearded face, flanked with oak-boughs. Signed at the lower right, “Perrus Durantirus—E. Romar, MDCCXLYI.” Prospective Buyers Witt. PLEASE READ Specran Novice Precepinc No. I. 906 “ON Le ~ os a Re Sig teema® 2 ALE OOO = teed - es S , pce nein ee ee eta a aA ee i : TurursDay HALL (THIRD FLOOR) Apr. 25 206—Carvep Oak Hart Sear do do do do do Italian Renaissance style constructed from old and more recent woodwork. ‘The panels carved in leaf and floral motives and the mouldings of scroll and arabesque designs. Has loose cushion covered with red plush. Length, 5 feet 11 inches. 307—Pair ANTIQUE SPANIsH ARM CHAIRS Carved walnut frame, scroll open arms, turned legs and scroll underbrace. Seats and high backs upholstered in old Italian yellow silk, cut and uncut velvet of floral pattern. Finished with galloon and fringe. 308—Rve Portribre A portion of an Indian Nineteenth Century Rug of heavy pile and design after a Ispahan Sixteenth Century specimen. Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet 1 inch. 309—Inpian Rue PorTIERE Closely woven thick pile. Gothic design, woven in low tones. Standing figure of a saint within a niche. Length, 8 feet 3 inches; width, 4 feet 8 inches. 310—SixreentH Century Rue Porriere Asia Minor weave. Red field with conventionalized lotus and leaf scrolls, woven in yellow and blue; border on sides and lower edge of green, with medallions of ruby-red and conventional floral and scroll patterns in various tones. Length, 8 feet 1 inch; width, 5 feet 8 inches. 311—Senna Rue Closely woven silky pile; pale green field completely covered with small floral patterns woven in subdued tones. Framed with a wide and six narrow borders to harmonize. Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet. Prospective BuYeRS WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Notice Precepine No. 1. Tuourspay 311 A—Perrsian Rue sd alg Closely woven silky pile. Blue field with central panels of red on a white ground and conventional floral patterns woven in tones of red, ivory-white, yellow and turquoise-blue. Framed with a series of borders to harmonize. Length, 8 feet; width, 4 feet 7 inches. Bo 312—Lareer Persian Rue Kermanshah weave of the Nineteenth Century. Closely woven silky pile. Old red field with center medallion in dark-blue and pendants in green, which are covered with flowers, arabesques, and cloud bands. Woven in tones of green, yellow, turquoise- blue, red and ivory-white. Framed with a series of borders of dark blue, turquoise-blue and ivory-white, which are embellished with lotus, scroll and conventional patterns, woven in harmonious colors. Length, 15 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. ae 313—OrtenTAL Rue Turkish weave of the Nineteenth Century. Old rose field, framed with a series of wide and narrow borders of conventional floral patterns woven in low tones of blue and pink. Length, 9 feet; width, 7 feet 1 inch. FRONT ROOM, THIRD STORY (NORTHWEST) WEDNESDAY 314 —Parir Crown Derspy CANDLESTICKS Aprin 24 ‘Decorated with floral motives in oriental style, in enamel colors and gilding. do 315—RoyaL CorpENHAGEN Bow. On openwork base in design of entwined branches of plum blos- soms on pure white paste. Decoration of dragon flies. do 316—AGATE JEWEL STAND Gilt brass mounts. do 317—Two Tanacra FicuRINES Draped female figure, seated and holding aloft a tambourine and figure of comedy. ProspecrivE Buyers WII. PLEASE READ Speciat Notice Precenine No. 1. WEPNESPAY 318 Parr Crown Derpy Vases Apr 24 Globular shape with low cylindrical neck and scroll handles. Canary-yellow glaze and floral sprays and gold matte. do 819—Pair Royvat WorceEstTER STATUETTES Oriental musicians. Height, 12%, inches. do $20—FrencH Porcetain Mantet Ciock In Louis Quinze style, decorated panels and rocaille borders. do $21—Tasiz Lamp Gourd-shape vase of red glaze, mounted in brass. Has decorated shade. THURSDAY é “ ae $22—Lapy’s Wuirt Manocany Desk Aprit 25 Kidney shape. with a series of small drawers on top and one drawer in bed. do $23—Whuitrr Manocany Smart Taste With slender fluted legs, drawer and under shelf. do 324—Wauire Manocany Dresstnc Bureau Swell front, carved in the style of Louis Seize. Has two large and three small drawers, with bronze swinging handle. do 325—Wruitre Manocany Dressinc TABLE With swinging oval mirror. To match the preceding bureau. do 3826—Two Waitt Manocany Cuairs In the style of Louis Seize. Open splat back with carved floral festoons and fluted legs. Seats covered with printed velvet. do 3827—Two Wuirrt Manocany Hicu-Back Cuarrs Carved in the style of Louis Seize. Seat and back covered: in printed velvet. do 328—Wuitrre Manocany Arm CHAIR Open arms and back, upholstered with printed velvet. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Novice Precepine No, 1. \ Tuurspay $829—CovucH AND COMFORTABLE ARM CHAIR ; pe Upholstered all over in printed velvet and finished with deep tas- baba 2 seled fringe. Wepnespay 830—Parr ANTIQUE ANDIRONS aku Wrought iron with scroll feet and brass knob-shape finials. _ do 331—Oxp Cotontat Brass FENDER Openwork lattice pattern, with fluted band and paw feet. . Length, 4 feet 8 inches. — do 332—Set Brass Fire Toots Shovel, tongs and poker. Tuvurspay 333—Printrep VELVET CURTAINS seme For two windows. do 334—Larcr ORIENTAL CARPET India weave of the early Nineteenth Century. Rhodian pattern. Old red field, covered with a central medallion, large lotus flowers and leaf scrolls, woven in tones of blue, yellow and ivory-white. Framed with a series of wide and narrow borders to harmonize. Length, 15 feet 10 inches; width, 12 feet 10 inches. BEDROOM (SECOND FLOOR SOUTHWEST) areag 335—Pair Porisuep Brass CANDLESTICKS se Quadrilateral shaft with bell-shape vase. ag 336—AnTIQUE Iron DovusBLE CANDLESTICK Twisted shaft, scroll feet and cross-shaped finial. do $837—Pair Brass CANDLESTICKS With opaque blue glass screens. ies 338—Bronze Urn With scroll handles and on low foot. Morning glory vine in ré- lief casting. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Speciat Notice Preceprne No. 1. Wenxesvay 339—Oxp Canton Curna Suavine Basin peeled Lotus flowers and leaf scrolls painted in underglaze blue and coral-red, outlined with gilding. do 340—Wepcewoop Nicut Stanp Set Tray, water pitcher, tumbler, candlestick and match box. Tuerspay 34]—Venetian Lace Cover.et “Aprit 25 Rees as : a uty . : With inserted borders of embroidered pink satin. Length, 7 feet 9 inches; width, 7 feet 3 inches. ~~ de $42—VeENETIAN Lace CovERLET With inserted bands of figured pink satin damask. Length, 7 feet 9 inches; width, 7 feet 3 inches. Wepxespay 343—EMpire CLock Apnit 24 Chiseled gilt ormolu case, supported by coalesced heads of Roman Emperors, and on a green bronze and marble base, with relief figures of cupids and trophies, and chiseled moulding. Tuurspay 9344—CuiLp’s Arm Cuair ewe Bh Empire period; carved mahogany with gilt-brass ornaments; up- holstered in blue satin. “do 345—EMPIRE BEDROOM SUITE Mahogany, ornamented with gilt ormolu laurel leaves, acanthus scrolls and bas-reliefs. Consists of A—Twin bedsteads with box springs, curled hair mattress, bols- ter and pillows. B—Dressing table, with swinging mirror, five drawers and cup- board. C—Night stand. D—Side table, with drawer and undershelf. “ 346—Emrrre Cueva Grass To match the preceding bedroom suite. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpectAt Norice Precepinc No. 1. Tuurspay 34°7—Larce Empire WaARDROBE | Aprit 25 do do do do do do Mahogany, elaborately ornamented with laurel leaves and bor- ders, cupids, griffens and other ornaments in chiseled gilt ormolu. Has three enclosures and three drawers in base. | Height, 8 feet; length, 7 feet; diameter, 2 feet. 348—Coucn Mahogany frame, with gilt ormolu mounts. Seat, arm and pil- low back covered with pink satin brocade. 349—Larcre Empire Arm CuHair Mahogany with gilt ormolu mounts. Loose cushion and high back. Upholstered in pink satin brocade. 350—Empire Arm CHair Carved mahogany frame, with back moulding terminating in an acanthus scroll. Mounts and ornaments of chiseled -brass. Upholstered in pink satin brocade. From the Augustin Daly collection. 351—Empire Srraicut-Back Arm CHair Mahogany, with gilt brass ornaments; open arms, carved and gilt in design of conventionalized dolphins. Upholstered in pink satin brocade. 352—Four Empire Sipr Cuarrs ~ Mahogany frames with chiseled gilt-brass ornaments. Seats up- holstered in pink satin brocade. 353—EmpIre TAaBouRETTE Mahogany; feet in design of winged lions, in gilt chiseled brass. Seat covered with pink satin brocade. 354—Empire Work TasLe With circular sunken top, mounts of chiseled gilt-brass. Prosrective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Notice Preceptne No. 1. at a rs pha aim | No. 855 ‘SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL Fripay Apri 26 *No. 355 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL BI ‘TAPESTRY PANEL — FIGURE OF CERES Height, 4 feet 10 inches; length, 5 feet 2 inches. i The goddess of the harvest is shown almost to her feet, fa spectator, while her figure is slightly inclined to the left, W head of a lion appears. It knits its brows and shows its snarl, but the goddess’s hand is laid upon the head, as if 0 ¢ rage. She is furnished with wings and clad in a loose robe of | color, which parts above the knee and reveals one leg. AD embroidery crosses her bosom and edges the volutes of draper float from behind the basket of fruit which she carries in her le At the right of the goddess a wheatfield is seen, in which sheaves, lying on the ground, a man is mowing while ano a sheaf and a third is setting one in position. Meanwhile, furt! and wool and represents the aim of the weaver to imitate the t of pigment and the evidence of brushwork in the design. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spreciat, Novice Precentne No. 1. Taunspay 356—Asia Minor Carrer : Turkish weave of the early Nineteenth Century, closely woven thick pile. The field is of old red with a central medallion and corners of ivory-white, with bold floral patterns and entwining vines woven in tones of red, brown, yellow and pink, and out- lined with blue and olive green. Wide border of floral patterns on a turquoise-blue ground and a series of narrow borders com- plete the design. Length, 13 feet; width, 10 feet. 357—Suirvan Rue Closely woven silky pile. Sapphire-blue field with large central medallion and corners in old rose, with bold conventional pat- terns in tones of yellow, brown, blue and ivory-white. Bordered to harmonize. — , Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 4 feet 2 inches. do 3858—KeERMANSHAH Ruc Early Nineteenth Century weave, closely woven silky pile; wine- red field with medallion and pendants in dark blue; corners and side bands of yellow and borders of dark blue and red. The whole embellishment being conventional floral patterns, animals and scrolls woven in low tones of red, green, ivory-white and yel- low. Length, 12 feet 1 inch; width, 6 feet. WEDNESDAY 359— Awnprrons, Fenper AnD Fire Toots Aprit 24 Gilt-brass. Empire design. Fender: Length, 5 feet 1 inch. Prosvective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spgecitan Norice Precepine No. 1. Frmay APRIL 26 LIBRARY (SECOND FLOOR BACK) *No. 360 EXTRAORDINARY ISPAHAN RUG A RARE SPECIMEN OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY PERSIAN WEAVE re Length, 13 feet 8 inches; width, 5 feet 7 inches. Closely woven silky pile and beautiful in design. The field of rose du Barry is completely covered with large lotus flowers, floral bands and intertwining vines, woven in harmonious tones of turquoise-blue, topaz- yellow, jade-green, ivory-white and jet-black. The field is framed in a narrow border of turquoise-blue and brown and a wide border of dark green, which is embellished with large and small lotus flowers and ten- drils, woven in low tones of rose-pink, golden-brown, black, ivory-white and green. The guard band, of red, is covered with conventional floral scrolls. Prospective BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Norice Precepine Noa. 1. 360 g Zz Fripay APRIL 26 *No. 361 ANOTHER ANTIQUE ISPAHAN RUG OF SIMILAR RARE TYPE TO THE PRECEDING Length, 13 feet 11 inches; width, 7 feet. Like the above described specimen, the field is of rose dw Barry color, but more profusely embellished. Large flowers of the Indian lotus are interspersed with palm leaves, branches of the henna flower, cloud bands and entwining vines. ‘This embellishment is skilfully designed and woven in harmonious colors. It is surrounded by a narrow inner bor- der, a wide border of dark green, with large lotus flowers and palmettes woven in low tones, and a narrow guard band. Unlike the preceding rug, this specimen shows considerable restoration. Prosrective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SpeciaLt Novice Preceptne No, 1. ' as ic] yas w Ya oN SS *. 2" ¢ 4 - a tee on Nov be i ss RARE AND EXCEEDINGLY FINE | ee ee, SIXTEENTH CENTURY _ PERSIAN RUG Frimay Aprit 26 ; * No. 362 RARE AND EXCEEDINGLY FINE SIXTEENTH CENTURY PERSIAN RUG Length, 13 feet 6 inches; width, 6 feet. Ispahan weave of silky texture. The field of beautiful rose dw Barry tint is profusely embellished with large flowers of the sacred lotus, sprays of smaller flowers and their tendrils, entwining vines and the “tichi” or cloud bands, all artistically designed and skilfully woven in harmonious tones of dark and turquoise-blue, topaz-yellow, jade-green, brown and ivory-white. Framed with a wide border of large lotus flowers and sprays of henna and other flowers, woven in beautiful tones on a dark blue ground. The inner and outer guard bands are of har-_ monious design. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specran Norice Precepine No, 1. Pe R 4 =" . CI oe ig eae: ae + ANATOLIAN ANIMAL RUG genes *No. 363 Aprit 26 REMARKABLE SIXTEENTH CENTURY : ANATOLIAN ANIMAL RUG Length, 13 feet 5 inches; width, 6 feet 7 inches. The red field is completely covered with a decoration of various animals drawn in archaic style, trees in blossom, and with birds perched on their branches, the small henna and other floral patterns. The whole design is woven in brilliant tones of turquoise-blue, yellow, green, brown, ivory-white and dark blue. It is surrounded by a border of dark blue, with entwining vines in green, red and ivory-white, and edged with narrow bands of light green. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Specitat Novice Preceptne No. 1. em OE el —~ - y » 363 No ~ . ee : y wt ENE NMOS PEL OIOEEL E LEE M T ge. ene os ee ar Yw Png 2 te ane No. 364 te i) aA DN RS i) a = i Q CARPET Frmay APRIL 26 *No. 364 : EXTRAORDINARY SILK CARPE’ AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND FINE § CENTURY PERSIAN WEAVE _ Length, 17 feet 10 inches; width, 12 feet 9% ches. About 700 hand-tied knots (Persian) to the square inch in design. The designs represent the henna and other small. flowers, and are woven in tones of ruby-red, yellow, green and white. It is framed with a wide border of ruby-red, which is lished with an exquisitely executed floral pattern to harmonize the predominating design, and two narrow guard bands covered with Pie delicate floral scrolls. ae 3 Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectan Notice Precepine No. 1. "4 se ED a iw % ~ YOST 2 did : Sie SON « Dus LS ess 2 m9 el Oh SS No. 364 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | ROYAL BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL Fripay Aprit 26 * No. 365 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL PEACE AND ABUNDANCE Height, 8 feet 'I inches; width, 6 feet 1 inch. The main feature of the design is a large circular medallion, framed in a heavy wreath of pears, grapes, melons, artichokes, Indian corn, pome- granates and figs. The wreath is rimmed on its inner and _ outer edges with a narrow band of cinnamon and cream. Outside of it the buff ground is embellished with blue, yellow and white acanthus scrolls, issuing from grotesque figures, holding salvers of fruit above their heads, which are set at the four corners. Further, from the volutes of the scrolls emerge griffons which face each other in pairs on the two sides, and at the top and bottom. The subject of the scene enclosed in the medallion is a landscape, in the foreground of which a maiden sits in an attitude of dejection. She holds her right hand to her face and extends the other, with a white flower in its grasp, toward three figures in the rear of the meadow. One is in a blue robe, another in a red, and they stand close together, possibly representing the Graces. Meanwhile, asleep on the ground at the damsel’s feet, is Cupid, resting his head on one hand, and with the other holding his bow, as it lies among: the flowers. Prospective BuYERS WILL PLEASE READ Specrat Notice Preceprna No. 1. - Sed SEEN aad RNS a atte es tg No. 365 ELINS TAPESTRY 7s } S : é r | tee ee Sy : : 4 3. FRIDAY Aprit 26 *No. 366 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL GOBELINS TAPESTRY PANEL Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 9 inches. Two handsome nymphs are seated on a bank, looking toward a man who stands at the left, with the head, apparently of an old woman, showing behind him, as she rests her hand on his shoulder. He is arrayed in a yellow and red drapery, worn over a tunic of delicate tones of pink, French gray, light blue and mauve. His head is slightly turned to the face behind him, as he raises his left hand and points up toward the right. Beneath his arm appears the flower-crowned head of a child, and one of its hands resting on the lid of a jar. The rest of its figure is hidden by the rosy drapery which covers the lower limbs of one of the nymphs, whose back, robed in cream, pale olive-green and buff, is toward the spectator. On her shoulder rests the arm of her com- panion, who is dressed in a full-flowing robe of tones of amber, golden- brown, cream and rose. A quiver of arrows and a greyhound appear at her side. Behind the group, a dark olive-green and brownish bank hung with convolvulus, trailing grape stems and a fringe of vines, mounts up to where the heads and breasts of two amorini show against a peep of sky. The whole composition is enclosed in a narrow spiral repeat, while at the top and bottom are broad borders. The upper exhibits in the center a cartouche, containing an oval, vertically divided into white and blue. It is framed by two conch shells and flanked by Cupids, holding spears. At the bottom recline two nymphs, each blowing a tuba, on either side of a cartouche, which bears a three- pronged fork, laid ‘across a cushion. The motto above it, ““Hoc Deprecor Unum,” perhaps suggests that the only thing the young man deprecates is the tyranny of love. ProspectivE Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectan Notice Precepine No, 1. a eee kNo. 367—ITALIAN PAINTED HERALDIC TAPESTRY ay een re = dine &, | a) ney a s : ,r + Se a Length, 8 feet 10 inches; width, 6 feet 3 inches. 2 Executed in brilliant coloring. <A shield of golden-yellow tone, : _ upon which is imposed five red spheres and one blue one, the latter bearing a fleur de lis. The shield is surmounted by a shell ornament and an elaborate jeweled crown, and framed with acanthus scrolls and red drapery. Surrounding the whole is an __ elaborate framing in tones of drab and brown, and bearing on the pilasters the same masks, from which are suspended clusters of fruit. Prosrecrive Buyers Witt PLEASE READ Spectat Notice Precepine No, 1. —— on) © Tuorspay 368—ORIENTAL PortibRe , poet Composed of four Seventeenth Century Persian rugs, the center one with white field covered with palmettes outlined in dark brown, the two side rugs forming borders, and the top rug forming a lambrequin, of conventional patterns woven in various colors. Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 8 feet 2 inches. do 369—KermansHaH Rue Early Nineteenth Century weave. Red field, with dark blue central medallion and yellow corners, all of which are covered with conventional patterns, woven in red, green, pink and ivory- white. Framed with a wide border of green, and lotus scrolls in various colors, and a series of narrow borders. Length, 12 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 2 inches. do 370—Asta Minor Carrer ; Turkish weave of the Nineteenth Century. One-tone ruby-red field. Bordered with a wide band of blue and a series of narrow borders, all of which are covered with conventional floral patterns. Length, 14 feet 4 inches; width, 11 feet 6 inches. WEDNESDAY 3871—Carvep Ivory STanpine Cup Aprin 24 ; Old Flemish. Orgie of young bacchanals carved in high relief. The staff of rustic design, with figures of young bacchanals — holding masks. Height, 101% inches. do 372—Set or TweELve O_p German DeEcoratep Faience Groups Illustrating “The Dance of Death.” do 373—Parier-MAcuE Tray Reproduction of a gold damascened specimen. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Specian Novice Preceprne No. 1. d with’ a meres running glaze in Chinese style. Height, 10%, inches; diameter, 7 inches. HAPED VASE 1 tall, slender, tubular neck. Hard paste of (1662-1722). Decorated with four kylins Height, 17 inches. 2 with sunken center; finely painted decoration, ological subject, “Venus and Paris.” Diameter, 14 inches. an Masorica Bow. n of fox, bird on tree and leaf scrolls in tones of Diameter, 12 inches. rte ie Sust Wester, playing on a chitarone and singing. Signed Pee Picatie and dated 1745. erie Height, 13 inches. ‘Tiguk HAMMERED Jron TREASURE CHEST -_-- With engraved lock and painted panels of religious subjects. Height, 5 inches; length, 10% inches. -Miniatvure Correr Antique Italian. Ornamentation of scenes from the life of Christ, modeled in relief and painted. Height, 101, inches; length, 141, inches. 3881—Exaporate [rattan RenAtssANcE Door Knocker Of artistic workmanship, in design of Neptune and sea horses. Height, 18 inches; width, 1144 inches. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SpectaAL Notice Precepine No. 1. ee 382—Eaporate Brass Desk Ser ’ aba Of Gothic design. Consists of inkstand, pen-rack, paperweight, sponge cup, thermometer, bell, hand-candlestick and two tall can- dlesticks. Has plush-lined oak case. do 383—Ox.p German STAINED AND LEapEep Grass Panew Portrait of Maximillian I and his coat-of-arms, dated 1511. Height, 1514, inches; width, 11 inches. do 384—Parr Oxtp Frencu Srainep anp Lerapep Grass HeERALpIC PANELS Coats-of-arms, d’Assby, de la Mounoye and Diasbrah de Lafaye: dated 1653. Height, 21 inches; width, 14 inches. do 385—Oxp GERMAN STAINED AND LEADED Guass HERAtpic PANEL Inscribed Johann Segler, 1620. Height, 201% inches; width, 16%, inches. do 386—OLp GERMAN STAINED AND LeapED Guass Herautpic PANEL Baroness Quellfridergh, dated 1556. Height, 221%, inches; width, 16%, inches. do 887—Turee Oty GERMAN STAINED AND LEADED GLAss PANELS A—Madonna and Child and St. Peter; dated 1582. B—Heraldic panel. Herr Jacob Thalfinger; dated 1561. C—Man in armor and female figure. Inscription indecipherable. do 388—Oxp Iratian CourcH BANNER Red silk, with embroidery and silver thread. Trimmed with fringe and tassel. Has wrought-iron tripod standard. Prospecrtve BuyErRs WILL PLEASE READ SpreciAt Novice Preeepine No, 1. No. 389 ITALIAN TERRA COTTA ALTO RELIEVO FRripay Aprit 26 *No. 389 ITALIAN TERRA COTTA ALTO RELIEVO MADONNA AND CHILD. ATTRIBUTED TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Height, 29 inches; width, 204% inches. The panel, executed in terra cotta in very high relief, has acquired a variety of tones of color which pass from pale buff pink to a brownish red, while in the channels of the modeling are traces of white. The treatment throughout is naturalistic but broad and simple and struc- tural in character, and the expression of feeling is eminently reverent and tender. The Madonna’s figure is represented as far as the hips, inclined three- quarters to the right, so that the right arm is fully exposed, but the left grows out of the background. They clasp the Child, whose body is turned to the Mother’s left breast, while its. head, nestling close to her cheek, is moved around toward the spectator and its legs are disposed three-quarters to the left. The Virgin’s head is crowned with a nimbus in the shape of a segment of a disk, beneath which a veil lies over the head and down the left side, forming a rim to the hair. The latter is parted in the center and drawn over the head: and the back of the neck in wavy strands. The brow and nose combine in a strongly defined straight line. The eyes are delicately modeled, the iris being indicated and each lid outlined with a fine, raised edge. The lips are parted. The modeling is con- tinued on the reverse of the face, though the curves of the cheek are flattened to accommodate the head of the Child. The latter’s face is exceedingly natural in its baby character. The eyes are round and separated by a deep “stop” at the top of the nose, the cheeks being round and chubby. ‘The little mouth is open and one finger of the Child’s right hand is held in it. The thumb of the other hand lies on its cheek, while the fingers are pressed to the Mother’s face. Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectan Novice Preceptne No. 1. ' Turvrspay | Aprin 25 do Her left hand is held around the side of the Child’s head; the first finger on its crown, the second over the brow and the third under the cheek, while the fourth finger is hooked to support the drapery which hangs from the little head. The Virgin’s right hand lies upon the in- fant’s left thigh. The first finger is crooked so that its tip, which has sustained a slight fracture,—the only damage that one detects in the whole composition—rests on the second finger. An angle separates the latter from the fourth. This hand is lightly holding the drapery of a mantle which flows down the right side and is gathered into simple folds at the bottom. The fingers are long and pliant and very expressive. The wrist is confined by the sleeve, which is finished with a narrow band and a slit, bordered on each side by three little buttons. The sleeve it- self is tight-fitting and reveals the modeling of the arm, which in the upper part is slightly flattened through the drawing in of the elbow— a gesture exquisitely suggestive of reverential solicitude. The robe is fitted round the neck with a broad band, edged with narrow insertion, and clings closely over the small bosom. The Child is clad in a chemise which leaves the legs below the knees bare. Illustrated. 390—Pai Oxp Spanish ALTAR CANDLESTICKS Carved wood, gilded and painted. Ornamented with floral vines, acanthus scrolls and other designs. Height, 4114, inches. 391—Pair Ovp SpanisH ALTAR CANDLESTICKS To match the preceding. Arranged for electric light. Height, 421, inches. 392—Antiaue Brass KETTLE Bound with copper and iron bale. 393—Pair Irarian Renaissance Bronze ANpDIRONS Tall form, on scroll feet. Ornamented with relief figures of Cupids, female torsos and statuette of Hercules, as finials. Height, 3 feet 10 inches. 394—Ser or Otp Iron Fire Toots Shovel, tongs and poker. Prospective Buyers WILt. PLEASE READ Spreciat. Norice Preceprne No. 1. Tuurspay Aprin 25 do do do do do do do 395—Carven Woon Breiiows Grotesque mask. Carved in relief. 396—Portro1io Rack Oak and polished brass, with portfolio. 897—Carvep Oak Suetr TaBie by With ornamental pilasters and moldings. Has fou bed and four shelves beneath, and on either end pi 398—Exaporate Oak Lisrary 'TAnLe , Carved ornamentation and moldings, the top of p HALL (THIRD FLOOR) 399—Watnvor Lisrary Tarte ' With turned legs, under brace with urn ornament, and et molding. Red cloth top. 400—Sora , With cuaed back and rounded ends. Uphalieae in brown. a 401—Perrstan Rue Ivory-white field, with floral bouquets in naturalistic ies Framed in a series of blue and red borders, with conventional an ; floral scrolls woven in harmonious colors. Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, 4 an 402—Suirvan Rue ~ Red field, with central panels and corners in ivory-white, and — conventional floral patterns in low tones. Wide blue border, with - floral patterns to harmonize. Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet 10 tucked? . Prospective Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Notice Precevine No. 1 403—Fixe Otp Rue Anatolian weave of the Seventeenth Century. Red field, almost completely covered with large, conventionalized lotus, intercepted by floral rosettes, and woven in tones of blue, green, yellow, brown and ivory-white. Framed with a series of borders to harmonize. Length, 9 feet 2 inches; width, 5 feet 2 inches. 404—Inpia Rue Weave of the Nineteenth Century. Dark blue field, with an Assyrian figure and symbolical designs woven in brilliant tones. Border to correspond. . Length, 8 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet 11 inches. *No. 405—EIGHTEENTH CENTURY KUBAN CARPET Length, 21 feet 3 inches; width, 8 feet 4 inches.. Closely woven silky pile. Field of brilliant green, with three dia- mond-shaped panels with pendants of red and dark blue, all of them covered with conventional floral patterns woven in brilliant tones of green, ivory-white, yellow and other colors. Corners and inner band of red, with archaic animals, scrolls and flowers woven in similar colors. Framed with a band of blue, with conventional patterns and edged with a guard band of green. Tuvesoay 406—SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FLORENTINE WovEN PiusH Bavpaauin — Aprrn 25 A Cardinal’s coat-of-arms woven in brilliant colors on a eardinal-red ground. Wide golden-yellow border, with bold floral and leaf scrolls in naturalistic colors. Height, 9 feet 7 inches; width, 8 feet. do 407—SeEvENTEENTH CenTURY FLORENTINE Woven Puiusu Frieze Composed of the upper portions of a series of Cardinal’s Balda- quins, each bearing a coat-of-arms, monogram, a lambrequin design and floral border woven in brilliant colors on a cardinal- red ground. Total length, 24 feet; width, 6 feet 2 inches. Prospecrive Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Sreciat Novice Precepine No. |. (soa "THuRsDAY Aprit 25 _ alternate short and long sides, and deeply sunk in a frame o es No. 408 Length, 14 feet; width, 12 feet 6 inches. The geometrical design of this fine old ceiling is disposed aro central feature of an elongated octagon. The latter is compo work. Adjoining the four short sides of this octagon are a panels, in the form of a Greek cross, similarly coffered. Ever. from the lower corners of the arms and feet, thus enclos hexagons. These, in conjunction with the crosses, compose octagon, whose sides parallel those of the central panel. Fi a four corners of the ceilng are occupied by coffered octagons, contain picture subjects, the remaining panels being decorat arabesques. re The design of the crosses is uniform, the four extremities being lished with human grotesques, from which leaf scrolls issue. Lh painted with exquisite delicacy in tones of black, vermilion and cre "pon a ground that once may have been white, but now has reacl a silvery patina, through which shows the pearly gray of the wo work. The main scrollwork encloses a central cartouche, which be the traces of vermilion. | 7 The connecting sexagonal panels reveal a silvery-white ground, up which are black and red arabesques, wrought, like the ones alrea described, with exceeding refinement. which forms a border to the four pie central octagon contains a ¢ ment and festoons of balls. balls, is an oval panel, on the pointed star, both gilded, app So, also, is the spiral repeat torial panels. Meanwhile, th artouche framed with gilded strap orna- Within this, again framed with gilded background of which a swan and a six- . ear in carved relief. =) <, =a we —— aaa — ae EE FES Prosp ? : FECTIVE. Buyers wir, PLEASE READ Spectrat Novice Precepiné No, 1. z ” A ean ai SARAH S00 ur i ‘ deernae f | Rane aveacgenln ? asi rf # ‘ * + * * rs * * + * ¢ 2 @ . * * rs a * * * * ‘) The subject of one of the panels is. the famous contest for superiority in music between the satyr, Marsyas, and Apollo. The god is shown on the right of a rocky landscape, seated on a cushion; the left leg crossed over the knee of the right, the head bending over his lyre as he tenderly touches the strings—his nude body being expressive of youth, grace and feeling. Marsyas, on the other hand, as he crosses his goat legs, is in an attitude angular and constrained, while his face, sur- mounted by horns and pointed ears, is old and screwed into an expression of impotent desperation. Another panel contains two female figures, which seem to represent an allegory of Peace and War. The former is typified in the figure at the left, clad in a crimson drapery, which reveals her bosom, for she holds a cornucopia, from the mouth of which project three apples. Seated with her back to this figure is another with large wings, who hfts her right hand above her head and in her left brandishes a tuba. An olive and bluish drapery is suspended from her left shoulder. In the third panel the head of Mercury, crowned with his winged cap, appears between two seated women. His caduceus shows behind the right hand one, whose face is old and hard. She wears a crescent- shaped circlet on her head and a mantle of violet-crimson. The other, dressed in an amber robe, looks down, with one hand extended toward the left, as if she was keeping something at bay. The subject of this may possibly represent an allegory of Commerce. The fourth panel contains a composition of three seated female fig- __ ures, and appears to represent an allegory of the Arts of Peace. For the nymph on the left, who is clad in a pale rosy tunic, partly covered with an olive-yellow drapery, supports a cornucopia, holding three apples. Her head is wreathed with a garland of little flowers. Her companion in the center, wearing a jewel in her hair and clad in drapery of yellow- brown hue, is playing a flute. Meanwhile, the girl at the right, nude to the waist, but for a greenish blue drapery whicn hangs from her shoulder and covers her lap, is touching a kind of zither with a plectrum. Illustrated. THURSDAY Aprit 25 No. 409 CEILING WITH THREE OLD PAINTINGS AND MODERN ARABESQUE PANELS All the parts of this ceiling are executed on canvas. The modern panels in a general way repeat the motive of the design that appears in the arabesqued panels of No. 408. Here it involves two human grotesques from which leaf scrolls issue, enclosing a vermilion car- touche, decorated with a rosette that forms the center of a wheel. Of the old pictures, around which the scheme of panels has been arranged, one is by Luca Giordano, from the Joseph Bonaparte collec- tion. This represents a group of water gods and water nymphs. ‘The figures are disposed in an extended row, in the center of which appears the head of an old gray-bearded god, crowned with a tangle of reeds. His shoulders and hands are also shown. At the left reclines, with the knees drawn up, the nude figure of a god, who holds a snake in one hand. He turns his head, with its soft masses of hair and beard, over. his right shoulder, toward a Cupid, who is drawing an arrow from a quiver. At the right of the central figure stands an amor with red- gold hair, who holds a vase on his shoulder. In the water which pours from it another amor dabbles with his hands. Adjoining this group is a nymph, whose figure is inclined obliquely toward the right. She extends her right arm back, parallel to the inclination of her body, while her face wears an expression of eager excitement. It is in marked contrast to the repose suggested by the figure of the nymph at her side, whose body also leans in a correspondingly oblique direction, as she holds out her left arm toward a pair of amorini, which complete the composition at this end. Height, 2 feet 9 inches; length, 11 feet 10 inches. The other long rectangular canvas represents a landscape scene with ; a little nude children at play, and appears to be the work of some Kighteenth Century Flemish artist. In the center of the composition > Bre er Sea iF Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Notice Precepine No. 1. ee ee No A ae HH ely bea apeiiy L IRSA ai _ two children are running side by side, eager to join a group on the right. Here a youngster is about to smack another, whose head is laid in the lap of a third, seated at the extreme right. At the back of this group appears another child, smiling as it watches the sport. Mean- while, at the left of the composition, a baby boy advances with his arm around the shoulder of a baby girl, while a third child looks up at them from where it lies on the ground. The latter is strewn with daintily painted flowers, that grow in lines and patches. The background presents a deep blue sky, hung with fleecy gray clouds, and framed at the sides with trees. Height, 2 feet 9 inches; length, 11 feet 10 inches. The central panel exhibits a subject of Cupids and Fruit that seems to be the work of a Dutch artist of the Seventeenth Century. At the right of the composition stands a table, covered with rosy crimson cloth, arabesqued in gold. Some large russet green pears lie on it and two stems of hollyhocks in blossom rise behind it. Leaning upon the table is an amor, whose very white form is partly covered with a blue drapery. He holds one hand under a bunch of purple grapes, suspended by another amor who stands beside him. Further to the left a vine stalk, bearing leaves and grapes, overhangs a quantity of melons and a pewter dish heaped with apples and grapes. These objects are disposed in front of a bureau, on the top of which a profu- sion of fruit is grouped about on a centerpiece that is also piled with fruit. Over the edge of the bureau, at the left, appears the upper part of an amor, who holds a finger to his lips. Height, 4 feet; length, 5 feet 7 inches. From the Joseph Bonaparte collection. Tuurspay 410—Ficurrep Rep Curtains i ae For two windows. Brown ground, with panels in a darker shade and scroll patterns in golden-yellow. Lined and interlined and finished with braid. Complete with lambrequin, cords, loops and tassels. FRONT ROOM (THIRD STORY, NORTHWEST) x Wepnespay 4]1—Patr Porceiatn Douste CANDLESTICKS aoe With relief figures of flowers, fish and boy. Blue and gold decoration. do 412—Smaut Crock anp CANDLESTICKS Gilt and enamel. do 413—Gitr Brass Sconce Inserted decorated porcelain plaque. do 414—Oxip Lowestorr Cur anp Saucer Floral bouquets painted in naturalistic colors. do 415—Frencn Desk Crock , Movement supported by an ostrich in silver and enamel metal. Onyx base. do 416—Inpivinvuau Corrrr Por Russian hammered copper. a 417—Easext Mirror anv Sipe Preces Gilt brass, with enamel decoration. de 418—Cararre, TuMBLER AND Tray Old Bohemian red and white glass, with floral and gilt decora- tion. do 419—Parian STatuette anp Bust Pomona and Apollo. PROSPECTIVE Buyers WILL PLEASE READ SPECIAL Novice PRECEDING No, Ds, Wepwespay 420—Dercorvur Faience Tray ae = With shell-shape handles. Mottled glaze, in imitation of old Chinese. do 421—Frencu Faience PircHer Lily decoration in brilliant glaze. Signed E. Penhenal. 4 Tuurspay 422—Watnut Liprary Taste & ) agaea ae Ebonized moulding. Blue cloth top. do 423—Watnoutr Escrirome za With drop front and cupboard beneath. French burl panels; ‘aa statuary marble top. r ee AG 424—Louvuis Quinze CHAISE-LOUGUE Carved and gilt wood frame. In original state. Partially up- holstered in brocade of the period. ao 285 rve Op Spanisu T'assEts Red silk and gold threads. do 426—Morrt Sora Prritow Silver gray ground with floral pattern and festoons brocaded in satin. do 4277—Pair Sora Pittows Covered with flowered silk brocade of old gold ground with bold floral sprays brocaded in low tones. x } do 428—TasLE ScaRF ES 4 White satin, richly embellished with flowers and leaf scrolls in . $ Oriental designs of .silk cord and gold thread embroidery, ‘ applique. Length, 6 feet; width, 22 inches. ¥ Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Sprctat Notice Precepine No. 1. THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do do WEDNESDAY Aprin 24 do do om ee ls ‘ g's 429—Otp Genorse VeLveT SHAPED Taste Cover ei Louis Seize period. Round, with deep border and finished tasselled fringe. Floral medallions and arabesques in Yr on a cream color ground. Lined with magenta color silk. Diameter, 40. _ SUR eke CovERLET - and leaf scroll eae in metal thread. Finished with b fringe’; lined with silk. ‘ Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 6 jéek 2 in 431—Pouar Bear Rue | : | Mounted with head and claws. Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width, 6 ject ae 5 432—Larer Inpia Carpet mage Au 5 Early Nineteenth Century weave; red field with bold floral pat- i terns woven in dark blue, green, yellow and ivory-white, bordered — with a wide band of blue and two narrow borders of ivory wioes with floral patterns to conform with the predominating design. — 1 Length, 16 feet 5 inches; width, 13 feet 10 inches. 433—Brass ANDIRONS AND FENDER Colonial design. ~ 7 a FRONT ROOM Pe (THIRD FLOOR, SOUTHWEST) ~ F . \ 434—Parr Frencu Porceatn STATUETTES | \ Seated figures of shepherds; turquoise-blue glaze and gilt deco- ration in Sévres style. 435—Beruw Bisaur Group Versehung. 436—Royat Worcester VASE Bottle shape, with scroll handles and floral decoration. > s + UY ¢9-EA eS 7 < Prosrrctive Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectat Novice Precrepine No. 1. . rn 5 lt eae das oa) eau he WepnespaY 437—T wo Cioisonné Enamet Birps Aprin 24 do do THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do do do Old Chinese. 438—Desx Sev Inkstand and pair candlesticks. Gilt metal, incrusted with imita- tion precious stones. 439—MAantTEL SET Consisting of clock and two candelabra of gilt brass, with dec- orated panels in the Sévres style. 440—Dressine Tape In the style of Louis Seize. Finished in French gray enamel and ornamented with floral and leaf scrolls and festoons carved in relief. Gilt brass swinging handles. 441—Rowunpb Center TABLE Louis Seize style. Finished in French gray enamel. Carved fluted legs. 442—SipE TABLE Louis Seize style. Finished in French gray enamel. Carved fluted legs. Drawer in bed, with swinging brass handle. 443—NicHT STAND Louis Seize style, to match the preceding table. 444—Lone Sipe Tasie Louis Seize style. Finished in French gray enamel. Carved fluted legs and panels. Drawer in bed and shelf beneath. 4.45—CHAISE-LOUGUE OF THE LouUIs QuINzE’ PERIOD Carved frame with rocaille moldings; finished in French gray enamel; cane seat, back and ends. Loose cushion covered with gray silk figured moiré. ProsPectivE BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ Srectat Notice Precepine No. 1. Tuurspay 446—Larcr Arm CHAIR Aprit 25 do do do do do do Frame carved in Louis Seize style, and finished in French gray enamel. Upholstered in figured gray silk moiré. 44%7—Smatt Arm CHAIR Louis Seize style. To match the preceding. 448—Two Hicu-Back Cuairs => Carved in the Louis Seize style with festoons of floral wreath and finished in French gray enamel. Seats upholstered in gray fig- ured silk moiré. 449—THREE StTRAIGHT-Back CuHatrrs Frame carved in the style of Louis Seize and finished in French gray enamel. Seats and backs upholstered in gray figured silk moiré. 450—Larcr Warprose, Wiru Wines In the Louis Seize style, finished in French gray enamel; mirror in wardrobe door, and on either side small enclosure with carved doors, three drawers with brass swinging handles, and two large drawers in base. 4 Height, 7 feet; length, 8 feet 1 inch; depth, 21 inches. 451—Pinx Morirt Taste Cover Floral sprays and entwining vines embroidered in green, old rose and red silks. Finished with a wide lace border applied over pink satin. Length, 4 feet 2 inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. ) 452—Pirce Pink Sirk Brocape Floral brocade and lattice pattern, brocaded on a gros-grain > Length, 4 feet 2 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. Iy mee . c poiaper 7 . r r Prospectivn Buyers witi PLEASE READ SpecrAL Notice Preceninc No, ‘1. Tau Apnl Ma = = . A 4 THURSDAY 453—Set or Four Iranian Sitk Brocaprt PAneEts Aprit 25 . Hanging baskets of flowers and corner ornaments to harmonize, woven in delicate colors upon a pale blue ground, framed with a wide border of leaf scrolls in low tones of yellow, brown and green upon a golden background, edged with tasseled fringe. Respective lengths: 5 feet 5 inches, 5 feet 7 inches, 5 feet 9 inches, 5 feet 11 inches; width, 4 feet 7 inches. do 454—CurTAINS FoR Four Winpows Pale blue silk moiré, with entwined ribbon pattern in satin. Lined and interlined and finished with tassel fringe. Complete with rods and silk cord loops. Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet. do 455—Fine Quauiry Inpra Carrer Nineteenth Century weave; closely woven thick pile. A brilliant red field with flowering plants, woven in brilliant tones of yellow, blue, green, brown and ivory-white. Framed with a wide bor- der to harmonize and two narrow white borders with conventional floral and leaf scrolls in colors. Length, 13 feet 1 inch; width, 10 feet 1 inch. do 456—Pair Bronze Fire Does Louis Seize. Stag design. SMALL BEDROOM (THIRD FLOOR) do 457—Dressinc Bureau, Sipe TasLe anp Nicut STanp Oak finish, brass swinging handles. do 458—Oax Dresstnc Burrau Swinging bevel mirror and carved moulding. Wepnespay 459—Canton Cuina WasHSTAND SET APRIL 24 é : : Dense porcelain with a lemon-yellow glaze and a reserve decora- tion of peony and lotus scroll in underglaze blue. Consists of large basin, ewer, brush box and soap box. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SpectaL Novice Precepine No. 1. THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do Wepnespay 464—CopreLanp FLowrer Basket APRIL 24 do do do 460—Two Bacpap Portibres Blue ground with conventional designs in red and white; red border.. Each length, 8 feet; width, 5 feet. 461—Inpia Rue Closely woven thick pile; yellow field with a design of Madonna and Child, woven in red, blue, ivory-white and other colors. Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, re feet 10 inehes: 462—AntTiauE Kouta CARPET Red field with conventional patterns in blue, brown, yellow and white. Framed with a series of white and blue borders, with floral and leaf scrolls in harmonious colors. Length, 12 feet 2 inches; width, 10 feet 3 inches. 463—Inpia Rue . Nineteenth Century weave; closely woven thick pile. Olive-green field, with medallion in orange-yellow and ivory-white. Scrolls and conventional floral patterns woven in brilliant tones of red, blue and ivory-white; border to harmonize. Length, 11 feet 7 inches; width, 7 feet 9 inches. LARGE BEDROOM (THIRD FLOOR BACK) Green glaze rocaille penciled in gold. 465—Eneuisu Faimrnce Pranr Jar Quadrilateral. Enameled with a rose-pink glaze. 466—Patr Bronze Groves Marley horses; black marble plinths. 467—Canton Wasustanp Ser Dense porcelain with a lemon-yellow glaze and a reserve decora- tion of peony and lotus scroll in underglaze blue. Consists of a large basin, ewer, brush box and soap box. > PROUT Sy EN = ‘ Prospective Buyers wiz PLEASE READ Spectra Novice Precepine No. 1. bee /:nop tne beni ia ea do do do do do do do do Tuurspay 468—Parr ANTIQUE ANDIRONS Aprit 25 Wrought iron; scroll feet and twisted shaft. ~ 469—Suirr or UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Couch and two side chairs. Covered in figured cretonne. 4'70—Larce Dressinc Bureau Carved and polished cherry; circular mirror; has two large and three small drawers. 471—Dressine Tasie Carved and polished cherry. To match the preceding. 472—Two Bacpap Porrizres Red ground with conventional patterns in yellow and dark blue; white border. Bach: Length, 8 feet; width, 5 feet. 473—OvusHak Carpet Red field with bold floral and scroll patterns in blue in ivory- white. Length, 14 feet 5 inches; width, 13 feet 11 inches. 4'74A—AnTIQUE SuHiRVAN Lone Rue Dark blue field, with floral patterns in low tones of yellow, blue and ivory-white. Bordered to harmonize. Length, 11 feet; width, 3 feet 2 inches. 475—Bacpap RunNER Closely woven thick pile, dark blue field with conventional trees of life and scroll patterns woven in yellow, green, red and ivory- white. Blue border with floral pattern in colors. Length, 15 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet 8 inches. 476—KerrmansHau Rue Closely woven velvet pile. Wine red field with central medallion and peridants in dark blue and corners in turquoise-blue. All of which are covered with conventional floral patterns, scrolls, and ProspectivE Buyers WILL PLEASE READ Spectra Novice Precepine No, 1. THURSDAY Aprit 25 do do do cloud bands, woven in tones of yellow, green, red and black. Sur- rounded by a wide border of dark blue and narrow bands of tur- quoise-blue, with floral and leaf scrolls in harmonious colors. Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 8 inches. 477—Inpian Rue Thick pile, pale blue field with heraldic devices in two orange-yel- low panels. These panels surrounded by scroll patterns, mono- grams and corner ornaments, woven in low tones of yellow, red, black and white. Bordered to harmonize. Length, 8 feet 8 inches; width, 5 feet 11 inches. 478—VeENETIAN Lace COVERLET With inserted bands of figured green satin damask. Length, 7 feet 9 inches; width, 7 feet 3 inches. 479—Cuinese Biur Satin CoverLer ; | Richly embellished with needlework in brilliant colors of silk, de-. picting Chinese domestic and historical scenes, symbols, flowers and birds. Finished with a deep fringe. Lined with white silk crépe. Length, 9 feet 2 inches; width, 8 feet. 480—FrencH CovERLET ) ap Pale buff silk plush center, bordered with olive-green. Appliqué and embroidered ornamentation of birds, flowers and grasses. Finished with metal galloon and edged with tasseled fringe. Lined with magenta satin. 7 feet 8 inches square. Prospective BUYERS WILL PLEASE READ SrectaL Notice Precepine No. 1. Mi SEO NTT aoe : 4 : »% see.8 “nS ie OIL PAINTINGS AND WATER COLORS ; Bes. : TO BE SOLD on i ON FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 261TH, 1912 IN THE GRAND BALL ROOM OF THE PLAZA FirtH AVENUE, 58TH TO 59TH STREETS = (Admission by card, which may be had free of the managers) NOTE: IN ADDITION TO BEING EXHIBITED ON THE PREMISES IN PARK AVENUE, THE PAINTINGS AND WATER COLORS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED WILL BE ~ SHOWN FOR TWO DAYS IN THE AMERICAN ART GAL- LERIES, MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, APRIL 24 AND 25, FROM 9 A. M. UNTIL 6 P. M. * oe Z Lf 4 . | br Z. : wast? wr = . i ‘ i - No. 481 UNKNOWN eigh » Ue inches ; width, 6 inches. nan “sits facing the spectator, leaning her cheek against while the left holds a pack of cards on a table in front 9 single cards and a pocketbook lie near it. Her head is _a large felt hat, which has a wide brim and a cylindrical wears a black kerchief, pinned over a brown dress, while te apron shows above the table. | i ir ae ‘ge (Water Color) A camel, with a green nose-strap, is standi facing to the left. An Arab, mounted on its turns his white-bearded face to the spectator. | white headgear, while the man’s body is wrap A line of low hills appears on the horizon. Signed lak the lower right, N. Forsprcx. other are cee about some olive-green blocks, Pei ais ) TY § and a flower basket. ot No. 484 R. J. MONZU LADY IN BLACK H. holds a tumbler, half filled with absinthe. Her - glove, rests on her hip, while the other shows as she holds the latter on her left knee. Hei black and white skirt and a jacket with black made of a material which has a black curly sur spanned by a dotted veil. Signed at the lower right, R. J. Monzuteue: MAI ae Naviti@ E ( CATHERINE | ie | nt - MARIE ANGELIQUE KAUFFM: swiss, 1741-1807, a CHRIST AND THE MAC (Oval, on Cardboarc oe Height, I inches; width, 6 At the left of the foreground stands the Chr tee { while the rest of His form is draped in a rosy antl : into folds with the right hand, as it rests on His hi left hand to the kneeling Magdalen, who draw: she recognizes the Lord. She wears a creamy mau Stas Ape ead PARE Vere me eae drapery, confined at the waist. The landscape | ere poplars in the center and a small building on a hill = Pee DIANA AND NYMPH Dee wa ae OC ete Maer ot ee EY: : . ~e _ - MARTE ANGELIQUE CATHERINE fps: _ KAUFFMANN ¥ av oe . (7 ioe x oo mos = ; ee] @ MARIE ANGELIQUE CA‘ SWISS, 1741-1807 Height, 7 inches; width, 6 Distinguished by a crescent in her hair, the g at the right of the foreground. Her bosom is b ing it from the shoulder, holds the drapery which She holds a bow in her left hand, the right bein nymph who kneels at the left, drawing an arrow of her breasts escapes from her old rose tunic, over waist hangs a slaty-blue drapery. A rock rises at - goddess, and in the distance, at the left, appear blue | pee S No. 487 JAN VAN OS i ae 1144-1808 - FLOWERS (Copper) imbler, which is embellished with embossed ornaments, are ome periwinkles, a pink and white rose and pinkish-white 2 star of Bethlehem. A black insect, barred with red, is —— 1 the table at the left of the tumbler. No. 488 UNKNOWN A LADY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY (Panel) Height, 101% inches; width, 8 inches. The head and bust, slightly inclined to the left, while the gray eyes glance at the spectator, are disposed in a brownish-buff oval, framed in plum-red. The light brown hair surrounds the forehead and ears in a softly puffed roll, embellished with a row of little black and gold jewels and a fan-shaped plume, which is studded with pearls. ‘The arched eyebrows and lids are finely penciled, while the nose is long and terminates in a loop. A pearl-drop hangs from the right ear, to which is also fixed the gold fastener of a black chain, apparently of hair, which lies over the white ruff. The shoulders of the black gown are adorned with olive-silvery tabs, while the bosom is embroidered with gold. CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES Se CORNELIUS VAN POELENBURG CORNELIUS VAN POELE! 2 DUTCH, 1586-1667 ae CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE, | witha distance. In the Pie nae at the oie is a ‘outle ompc a Cupid, holding a vase on its shoulder. Near it sits ¢ m I _ with arms crossed over her bosom, gathers an amber d re around her nude figure. She turns to a man who stan dressed in a blue tunic, draped from the waist ae wrapping material« 9 . a a Signed on the pedestal at the left, C. P. A LE PETIT MAITRE AMERICAN, 1858-19 LE PETIT M. ee A perruquier, distinguished by a thick, short c is seated in profile on the left of a table, pee as he combs a whitish buff tie-wig. It is which lie a brush and some bottles of c¢ * sleeves and wears a pale yellow vest and r coat of pinkish-pearl satin is laid over the | behind him is covered with creamy paper, relie ornament, arranged in horizontal rows. A wig hang upon it. | : Signed and dated at the lower right, Wavrer Gay, 1887. Mentionné Antérieurement, Paris Salon. - ie eh jue No. 491 cs JEAN BAPTISTE | = FRENCH, 1726-1805 : AN ARTIST # Supposed to be the | PORTRAIT OF MADAME y one 1514 inches; width, 1 1 The lady’s figure, seen at half length, is seate at the right of the composition, while her br: the left. Her cheeks are rosy and the lips riy brown hair, confined by a band of pink ribbon, » waves around her forehead. Over a chemise, wh full sleeves, which is partly hidden by a plum-re of pearls encircle the wrist of the right hand, Ww knife, while the left holds a palette and brushes. No. 492 FOUR VERNIS PANELS Each, height, 12% inches; length, 151 inches. These four panels are uniform in size and in the general character of the design, which represents a composition of two nude Cupids, variously grouped and with variety of accessories. The figures in each case are disporting themselves upon gray clouds in the center of a gilded ground, toned to a warm hue. Ss } | A—Dance AND Drawine. A dark-haired Cupid is seated at the right, resting his hand, as.it grasps a crayon holder, on a large drawing book, which is supported on his knees. At his back a fair-haired Cupid shakes above his head a tambourine. B—tLove. A dark-haired Cupid, with arms extended, holds a bow and arrow, which his fair-haired companion, sprawling upon an amber- colored drapery, seems to be trying to reach. Two doves are fluttering at the left. -_ C—Drama. A Cupid, with his back to us, rests a quill pen upon a - seroll which is inscribed with the name of Moliére. Above him sits a fair-haired Cupid, holding high a laurel crown and supporting a lyre on his knee. ‘Two doves appear below it. D—Music. A Cupid with pink wings sits at the left, playing on a flute, while his companion, reclining at the right, looks up from a music book, bound in fawn-colored leather. S me Height, 20 inches; width, 14 The head and bust of a lady in the cost shown, inclined three-quarters to the right. — age, with striking gray eyes, glancing to the | and a straight, determined mouth. The fore row of brown curls, which appear beneath the ; white bonnet. Its cylindrical crown is su which lie over a white stomacher and the white 1 The oval top of a dark green chair, studded w: behind her shoulders. | SHEPHERD BOY ight, 25 inches; width, 18 inches. y in gray felt hat, with white shirt and grayish-blue ; at the right of the foreground, resting his hands on to the rear, at the left, a whitish-black ewe is cropping ) | the pale green leaves of a hedge. Above the latter, which mally across the middle distance, appear the tops of a tree, a trunk with irregular branches and some saplings. ackground, at the right, a gray hill curves against a No. 495 UNKNOWN LADY OF THE RENAISSANCE Height, 23 inches; width, 1414, inches. The head and bust of a lady are shown in profile, facing to the left, against a dark background. he face is of great refinement, with — a straight, delicately modeled nose, short under lip, slightly drawn back, and a rounded chin. Her golden-red hair is drawn off the high forehead and confined in a cap, which is of yellowish-brown material, sewn with pearls and trimmed with two yellow bands. A braid of hair is brought from the temple around the cap, while from beneath the latter the hair flows down the back of the neck. The lady’s throat is surrounded by a narrow lace edging, which shows above the stiff collar. ‘The latter is decorated with bands of yellow, enclosing brown panels, which are embellished with zig-zag ornament. The collar is attached to a breastpiece, which is decorated with arabesques and bordered by a band, studded with pearls. Below this gorget hangs a fringe of drapery, cut in the form of acanthus leaves. The frame of carved woodwork comprises side pilasters, supporting a cornice, which is surmounted by a vase, placed between reversed gryphons. A child’s head projects above each pilaster, while at the foot of the latter appears a coat-of-arms. he left-hand one shows two eagles above a castle; the other, three six-pointed stars above an embattlement, below which is an eagle. UNKNOWN LAUGHING BOY _ 23 inches; width, 181% inches. of rhe: left, aid over the ee, He wears a black fur his white shirt a Proguusts black sheepskin. The body No. 497 THOMAS DOUGHTY AMERICAN, 1793-1856 LAKE GEORGE Height, 18 inches; length, 234 inches. This landscape, by one of the earliest American painters, shows a flat brown shore, stretching from.the foreground to a smooth sheet of water, pearly-white and drab in hue. It is cut horizontally in the middle distance by a spit of wooded ground that projects from the right, and by a strip of similarly wooded land that advances toward it at the left. Through the gap between them the water is seen extend- ing to the opposite shore, where a valley lies like a cup amid the moun- tains. Near the front, at the left, a man in a red cap stands on a bank, holding the painter of a boat, while another boat appears farther back, with a square sail and a man at the rudder. No. 498 ANTOINE JEAN, BARON GROS FRENCH, 1771-1835 NAPOLEON AT EYLAU Height, 22% inches; width, 19 inches. This is evidently the study for the central group in the large picture of the Louvre, “Napoleon Visiting the Battlefield of Eylau,” and a comparison of the two shows how closely Gros adhered to his original composition. Napoleon, clad in a pearly-drab “pelisse,” edged with brown fur and frogged with button-straps of gold lace, is mounted on a white charger. While the latter is advancing toward the right, the General turns his face to the left, where, in the large picture, some wounded are grouped, and extends his hand to them. Three mounted officers follow in his rear, but the other figures of officers, including the one on a horse that rears at the right of the General’s, are here omitted. Meanwhile, in the foreground appears a dismounted cannon, over which a dead soldier lies, partly covered with a pall of snow. . In the distance two mounted officers are proceeding toward the extended lines of infantry which break the monotony of the snowy ground, as it slopes to a blackened sky. Against the latter appears the spire of a little church. cas » ail i ee a te < Et ert agg w aes PORTRAIT OF A LADY yy eee ec ANTON VAN DYCK | “ No. 499 ANTON VAN DYCK FLEMISH, 1599-1641 PORTRAIT OF A LADY Height, 26 inches; width, 181% inches. This is said to be a portrait of Van Dyck’s wife, who, before her mar- riage, was Mary Ruthven, daughter of Lord Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie. Little older than a girl, she is represented standing three-quarters to the left, while her head is turned in the opposite direction. ‘The right arm is held away from the body, as the hand points down to one of two parrots, perched on a pedestal, which is surmounted by a sculptured swan, with water dripping from its beak. .The lady’s left hand grasps into folds a pearly-white overskirt, lifting at the same time the slaty- pearl underskirt and train and revealing a glimpse of deep purple- brown petticoat. Her pointed bodice is edged with lace round the waist and bosom, and has short, full sleeves, slashed over those of a white chemisette, finishing at the elbows in ruffles. A jeweled cross of four pearls and a bouquet of roses, carnations and blue cornflowers deck her bodice, while a pearl necklace encircles her throat and a flower adorns her brown hair. The fountain and figure are seen against a dark mass, at the right of which appears a lawn spotted with trees, that extends to a blue and creamy-rose sky. * 23 ae "s = ae . al mn ES . Q oo! a) ie +e . eat) ‘ a “4 fe mS ) a a = - Sees. ey at ne PS ee re : : Rit St ta i 5 & i No. 500 ‘CLAAS BERCHEM HOLLAND, 1620-1683 ITALIAN LANDSCAPE, WITH RUINS Height, 191% inches; length, 25 inches. In the middle distance, at the left, a ruined building, sheltered with trees, occupies a knoll which slopes down to a reach of river. Two sailboats are moored on the opposite side of the stream at the foot of a villa that is distinguished by a round tower. Above it mounts a hill, clothed with woods. On the nearer bank of the river two shepherds are standing beside a sheep and a cow, while in the foreground are grouped a white goat, a white and brown one, a lamb and a ewe. As a pendant to them appears at the left a shepherd, who reclines upon a rock, look- ing down at his dog, while massed around him are a ram, a sheep and a red cow, with frills of white hair on her head. She is lying beside a standing cow, whose buff hide is relieved with lighted frills of white hair on her stern and shoulder and between the horns. From the Collection of Joseph Bonaparte, Bordentown, New Jersey, 1845. ap pate Na aad = a Py ‘THE Fan Bs ow by a woman who carries a child. A ee ae further to ths right, near it ue a nope gS (OF TIVOLL | . A VERNET Lr JOSEPH - Vy. ~ a&* see a ‘ ee) atinns Me c hy eh es + as 7 Poe i ¥ ¢ a FRENCH, 1712-1789 x Me THE FALLS OF Height, 321/y inches; length, The celebrated falls are seen plunging betweer distance, at the right of which is a steep cliff, the sunlight. The summit is occupied with lawn, bounded by little trees. In the backgro a precipitous rock, crowned with shrubbery, stretch of level country, where an aqueduct of a rosy cream sky. In the center of the eg distinguished by a red cap, stands on a rocky Y companion, whose red jacket is appearing above From the Collection of Joseph Bonaparte, Bordentown, New JOSEPH VERNET - & Dee JOSEPH VE (Another View) Height, 381% inches; length, § The scene is dominated by the falls which plur wall of rock in the rear of the composition. — over their foot, whence the water flows to the course by the drop of a cascade. On the edge front appear two figures, while in the immediate i a man in red coat and top boots is seated beside glass. Behind them stand a man and woman, : blue coat and red vest. A cliff towers up on the - sition, surmounted by a little building. - Oe From the Collection of Joseph Bonaparte, Bordentown, New PATRICK NASMYTH si ot ay Sie On ae OE Pats A's Bar No 00s ee ? ee fe ee : " Pa. LANDSCAPE =x pe tea See ne ‘ ; ~ 2 ae No. 504 PATRICK NASMYTH SCOTTISH, 1786-1831 LANDSCAPE Height, 25 inches; length, 37 inches. Patrick, the son of Alexander Nasmyth, was a painter of English rather than of Scottish landscape, in consequence of which he obtained the soubriquet of the “English Hobbema.” This example involves a foreground of water in which a red cow stands, while a white one, with a buff face and a patch of the same color on her back, stoops to drink. On the right bank a cottage is seen behind some tree trunks, at the foot of which an old woman sits leaning on her stick, as she looks up to talk to a girl, carrying a basket. The water in the middle dis- tance disappears under the two arches of a bridge, at the left of which a church tower rises among trees. Farther to the left and a little nearer to the foreground a farmhouse appears beside a windmill, and at the edge of the water a woman with a baby in her arms stands be- tween a dog and a boy who is seated on the grass. 4 FOUR-IN-HAND — + +e BY : . CHARLES (called Carle) VERNET bal . | No. 505 CHARLES (CALLED CARLE) VERNET FRENCH, 1758-1836 A FOUR-IN-HAND Height, 24 inches; length, 38 inches. Drawn by a spanking team of iron-gray horses, a barouche is crossing the foreground toward the right. The body of the carriage, which has olive-green panels, is raised above the wheels on C springs. It is occu- pied by two ladies. One of them is dressed in a white paletot over which lie the yellow ribbons of a straw bonnet, embellished with an ostrich feather; while the other, whose face is hidden by her bonnet, wears a cloak of mauve-pink. Two footmen appear on the rear seat. The driver, raised on a high box, is a gentleman, fashionably attired in high hat, black frock coat with roll-over collar, a rosy vest and nan trousers of fawn-colored kersey. Signed and dated at the lower left: C. Vernet, 1836. No. 506 UNKNOWN g ae to the Bouse “Atheneum” portrait, hae ; Is less rounded and the costume is completed. The latter ‘a black velvet dress coat, with square-cut standing collar silk bow at the back of the neck. Round the throat lies a which terminates in a fall of lace. The eyes are blue and tints animated with fresh carmine tints. No. 507 G. BOUVIER BELGIAN EDUCATION OF CUPID (After Correggio, National Gallery) Height, 40 inches; width, 231 inches. (Water Color) | At the right of the scene of rocks and foliage Mercury is seated, nude except for his winged cap, one winged sandal and a blue drapery, which shows from behind his back and lies across the left thigh. His youth- ful, girlish face is bent down, as he points with his right hand to a manuscript held by a Cupid, as he stands in profile in the center of the foreground. At the left appears a winged Venus, who leans her left forearm on a rock and with her right hand supports a rosy carmine drapery. This hangs from her cestus or girdle, which appears above her left arm, and flows behind her figure, to the ground at the left. Signed at the lower left, G. Bouvier. No. 508 UNKNOWN : PORTRAIT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | ~ Height, 40 inches; width, 27 inches. ( Pastel) The figure of the Queen is represented nearly to the feet, inclined three-quarters to the left, and bending slightly in the same direction, as the right hand rests on a pedestal. It holds a rolled manuscript, bear- ing the signature “Marie R.” In the background appears a view of Holyrood Palace, and the hill of Arthur’s Seat. The dress is of brown velvet with broad cuffs of lace and a guimpe of pale primrose quilted satin. A ruff encircles the throat, while the head is crowned with a lace cap the broad rim of which dips over the forehead and curves on each side, forming pockets for the puffed rolls of brown hair. <A net veil edged with lace, flows down the back and is caught up by the left hand. No. 509 ATTRIBUTED TO ANTON VAN DYCK _— FLEMISH, 1599-1641 PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN Height, 34% inches; width, 32% inches. The portrait seems to be that of a divine. The body, seen to the waist, stands square to the front, while the head is a trifle inclined to the right and the brown eyes gaze at the spectator. The face, framed in dark brown hair, which is fringed over the forehead and falls in locks to the shoulders, shows a long nose and a straight mouth beneath a light brown moustache. In the lower right corner of the composition appears the top of a dull red pedestal, on the edge of which hangs the gentleman’s left hand, grasping an olive-tan glove. A white muslin wristband lies flat over the black sleeve, which shows beneath the turned- back folds of a black silk mantle. This hangs from the left shoulder, the rest of the figure being covered with a black cloak, beneath which one is conscious of the angle of the elbow, as if the right hand were held on the hip. The attire is completed by a broad flat linen collar, cut straight across the chest and square over the shoulders. The figure stands in front of a dark green curtain at the left of which appears a statue in a niche, surmounted by a pediment. It adjoins a wall, over the top of which the upper part of a house is visible. ig neaereaarbeamammenei terror ili ie oe Mice Sect) = No. 510 ATTRIBUTED TO SALVATOR ROSA UN HOMME TENANT UN AGNEAU SUR LE BRAS -| Height, 331 inches; length, 391 inches. Four figures are crossing the foreground from the right, while the _ background shows a high cliff, on the flat summit of which two people are tending a flock of sheep in front of a farmhouse. The procession is headed by a man, who, as he carries a lamb, turns his head, framed in long locks of black hair, toward the spectator. His costume con- sists of a brown tunic; crimson pants, which leave his knees bare; dark green stockings and laced tan shoes. Behind him comes an old woman, bending forward on her walking-stick. She wears a white cloth over her head and an old-rose jacket with tan-colored sleeves. Following ~ her is a young man, distinguished by a felt hat with high sloping crown, who points ahead as he carries a jar, covered at the top with paper. Between the last two figures appears the head of a man with gray hair, beard and moustache. From the Joseph Bonaparte Collection, Bordentown, New Jersey, 1845. No. 511 AFTER ALBERT CUYP HOLLAND, 1620-1691 LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE (Original in National Gallery, London) Height, 30 inches; length, 45 inches, In the foreground at the right, seen against a knoll in the background, a man, mounted on a dapple-gray horse, is talking to a woman, whose | costume betokens prosperity. It consists of a blue bodice and full chemisette sleeves, over a skirt of the same blue, embellished with bands of embroidery. The man is attired in a felt hat, tan boots and a scarlet riding coat. He is pointing with his whip across to the left, where three horsemen are cooling their horses in a pond. In the fore- ground, at this side, a buff and white hound is sporting with a brown bob-tail dog, while toward the center of the foreground a dun cow and a dark brown one with white face are lying beside a flock of sheep. No. 512 EDWARD H. CORBOULD ENGLISH, 1815- CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE (Water Color) | Height, 431% inches; length, 54 inches. Long golden-brown hair and beard of the same hue distinguish the Savior, who is robed in a loose pearly-gray tunic, while a rose drapery ‘hangs from His left shoulder on to His knees and thence descends in ample folds to the floor. While He reclines upon a couch in the center of the composition, the Magdalen kneels beside His feet, resting one hand on them as she gazes at the Savior’s face. Her hair is spread in long tresses over a creamy-pink mantle, which partly covers a robe of creamier hue that leaves her right shoulder bare. Simon stands at the right of the group, his back, which is toward the spectator, being - swathed in an Oriental shawl of plum-red hue, woven with silvery stripes. Many other figures throng the feast, which is being held in a columned portico, opening to a sunlit street. Signed at the base of pillar at the left, Epwarp Corsoutp, April, 1843. No. 513 AFTER BOUCHER A PASTORAL IDYL (Original in the Louvre) Height, 341% inches; length, 45 inches. A youth, clad in a mauve-salmon suit, kneels at the feet of a shep-- herdess, trying to steal a nosegay from her lap. She lays her left hand on his arm to restrain him and holds up a finger of the other hand, as she coyly shrinks back against the breast of a companion who is seated beside her on the bank. This second shepherdess is dressed in a golden brown puffed skirt and a violet petticoat and extends her feet in front of her, one over the other, while she holds a blue cord to which a lamb is fastened. Another lamb lies near it. The landscape shows a fountain at the left, while in the distance on the right appears a pool. (Original in the Louvre) xe Height, 8414 inches; length, 45 inches. dess reclines asleep on a bank, her head supported ind, the body disposed i in a diagonal toward the right. drapery falls from her shoulder and covers her lap, he bosom and legs exposed. Over it is disposed a salmon- 3 At her left sits a youth, who leans toward her, with one 1 to ee SEED: oe in a eee Me ang No. 515 EMMANUEL LEUTZE, N. A. GERMAN-AMERICAN, 1816-1868 A SPANISH LADY Height, 50 inches; width, 36 inches. The lady is represented in the fashion of the early *40’s, the figure, three-quarters length, being turned slightly to the left. The bare arms are held down, the left hand resting on the right, which holds a lace handkerchief. They lie upon the balloon-shaped skirt of her even- ing gown, which is of amber silk, flounced below the level of. the hands with black lace, while a black lace basque hangs from the waist. ‘The bodice, cut straight across the bosom and edged with scalloped black lace, is embellished with bands of silk which start from the shoulders and come to a point at the waist. A transparent black veil covers the face, leaving only the tip of the chin exposed, and descends over the arms. The figure is seen against the background of a garden. “In one room is a picture by Leutze, called the ‘Spanish Lady.’ ‘This picture is a portrait of a beautiful Baltimore woman, who was to pay the artist $1,000 for his work, but some disagreement arising, she refused to take the picture, and threw it on the artist’s hands. He was at a loss how to reimburse himself for his time and labor, until he threw a delicately beautiful black veil over the head and shoulders of the Baltimorean, and made her the ‘Spanish Lady,’ and sold her for a good round sum.”— The Cincinnati Times, November 4, 1878. oy js ed , ‘ ee aie ‘ Tega 2 id 0 aay oe. xk “a ii ; No. 516 ATTRIBUTED TO JAN BOTH HOLLAND, 1610-1650 ITALIAN LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES Height, 3714 inches; length, 53 inches. Near the center of the foreground appears a circular water-trough, fed from a square building, which is overhung by an oak with bushy foliage and shattered boughs. On the farther side of the trough a rider is watering his horse, while at the left a man on foot shows be- hind a dark cow and another of warm buff color. At the right of the foreground a lady, accompanied by a child, stands between a woman who is spreading linen on the*stones and another who sits nursing an infant. In the background figures are grouped before a tunnel-like ‘entrance, hewn in the side of a steep rock, the summit of which dips down in the center, revealing a slope, glowing with sunlight. In the distance, at the right, the landscape is crossed by an arched bridge with two towers at one extremity. From the Joseph Bonaparte Collection, Bordentown, New Jersey, 1845. No. 517 CHARLES LEBRUN FRENCH, 1619-1690 THE SUPPLICANT (Sold in the Joseph Bonaparte Collection under the title of “Daniel Defending Susannah”) Height, 48 inches; width, 874 inches. Seated upon a platform of masonry at the left of the composition a man with gray hair and beard leans forward with one hand resting on his right knee. He is watching a woman who kneels at the right, with tearful eyes and hands folded in supplication. Extended toward her is the left hand of a youth, with clustering curls round his forehead and neck, who stands leaning the other hand on the moulding of the plat- form. He is arrayed in a white toga, embroidered with gold. Behind the woman stands a bearded man, with lips apart, as if vociferating, and hands folded across the breast of his purplish-black drapery. Meanwhile, in the background appears the stylobate of a temple, on which some figures are grouped near the statue of a sphinx. Farther back is seen a pyramid. From the Joseph Bonaparte Collection, Bordentown, New Jersey, 1845. | PEACE AND PLENTY | | BY d ’ PETER PAUL RUBENS No. 518 PETER PAUL RUBENS FLEMISH, 1577-1640 FRANS SNYDERS FLEMISH, 1579-1657 PEACE AND PLENTY Height, 6 feet 8 inches; length, 8 feet 9 inches. The picture belongs to the period, about 1615 to 1618, when Snyders co-operated with Rubens, adding the embellishment of fruits, flowers and vegetables to the latter’s figures. These, as in the present instance, were frequently child-forms for which his boys by his first wife, Isabella Brant, served as models. Nicholas, the younger, appears here in the fair-haired child seated at the right of the central group with his arm resting on a melon. It seems to have been the artist’s fancy to repre- sent him as the Infant Christ, for beside the figure of the elder brother, Albert, whose back is toward the spectator, lies a cross, entwined with a scroll, bearing the word “DEI,” suggesting that he is the Infant John the Baptist. He turns his head to his little companion, as he lays his left hand on a lamb held in the arms of an Amor. The head of another Amor appears at the back of the group. Meanwhile, the head of Isa- bella Brant and her hand, grasping a spray of cherries, emerge from behind a mass of vegetables, which are piled at the right in the form of a pyramid and laced to a tree trunk. The profusion includes oyster- plant, egg-plant, artichokes, cauliflower, garlic, pumpkins and melons. Into a corresponding mass of vegetables, which are disposed against a tree at the left of the composition, Snyders has characteristically in- troduced a monkey. Over the heads of the children a hoop, garnished with fruit, is suspended from the trees by a green tasseled cord. NOTE: The above painting was brought to this country by Joseph Bonaparte, Compte de Survilliers. It is stated that the painting formerly belonged to Charles I of England, and was sold under an Act of Parliament. The picture, although in- cluded in the sale of the contents of Bonaparte’s mansion at Bordentown, was with- drawn for want of a ‘sufficient bid. It was afterward acquired at private purchase by Mr. James Robb, father of Mr. J. Hampden Robb, and, like a number of other paintings and art objects included in the present sale which came from the Joseph Bonaparte collection, was inherited by the late owner on his father’s death. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers. Tuomas E. 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