FREE PUBLIC EXHIBITION From Saturday 7 April 3 7 Until Time of Sale Weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 7 Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE Thursday, Friday & Saturday Afternoons April 8, 9 6? 10 at 2:15 O’Clock Rubies) Exhibition and Sale at the AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON AVENUE + 56¢h TO 57th STREET New York (ity Lhe Collection Cformed By eMessrs. Uitall and Leopold Benguiat Paris & New York TAPESTRIES » EMBROIDERIES? VELVETS BROCADES AND LACES +, INCLUDING MANY MUSEUM SPECIMENS FROM THE DAVANZATI PALACE COLLECTION AND FROM OTHER PALACES AND CHURCHES IN ITALY 7 SPAIN » FRANCE + PORTUGAL Sales Conducted By Mr. O. Bernet and Mr. Fl. Fl. Parke AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION - INC. Managers CONDITIONS OF SALE I. REJECTION OF BIDS: Any bid which is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, or which is merely a nominal or fractional advance, may be rejected by the auctioneer if in his judgment such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. II. THE BUYER: The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arises between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. IIY. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPOSIT BY BUYER: The name of the buyer of each lot shall be given immediately on the sale thereof, and when so required, each buyer shall sign a card giving the lot number, amount for which sold, and his or her name and address. A deposit at the actual time of the sale shall be made of all or such part of the purchase prices as may be required. If the two foregoing conditions are not complied with, the lot or lots so purchased may at the option of the auctioneer be put up again and re-sold. IV. RISK AFTER PURCHASE: Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter the property is at the purchaser’s risk, and neither the consignor nor the Association is responsible for the loss of, or any damage to any article by theft, fire, breakage, however occasioned, or any other cause whatsoever. V. DELIVERY OF PURCHASES: Delivery of any purchases will be made only upon payment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. VI. RECEIPTED BILLS: Goods will only be delivered on presentation of a receipted bill. A receipted bill presented by any person will be recog- nized and honored as an order by the buyer, directing the delivery to the bearer of the goods described thereon. If a receipted bill is lost before delivery of the property has been taken, the buyer should immediately notify the Association of such loss. VII. STORAGE IN DEFAULT OF PROMPT PAYMENT AND CALLING FOR GOODS: Articles not paid for in full and not called for by the purchaser or agent by noon of the day following that of the sale may be turned over by the Association to some carter to be carried to and stored in some warehouse until the time of the delivery therefrom to the pur- chaser, and the cost of such cartage and storage and any other charges will be charged against the purchaser and the risk of loss or damage occasioned by such removal or storage will be upon the purchaser. In any instance where the purchase bill has not been paid in full by noon of the day following that of the sale, the Association and the auctioneer reserve the right, any other stipulation in these conditions of sale notwith- standing, in respect to any or all lots included in the purchase bill, at its or his option, either to cancel the sale thereof or to re-sell the same at public or private sale without further notice for the account of the buyer and to hold the buyer responsible for any deficiency and all losses and expenses sus- tained in so doing. VIII. SHIPPING: Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a busi- ness in which the Association is in no wise engaged, but the Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, however, without any assump- tion of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. LX. GUARANTY: The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly and endeavors therein and also at the actual time of sale to point out any error, defect cr imperfection, but guaranty is not made either by the owner or the Association of the correctness of the description, genu- ineness, authenticity or condition of any lot and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing or imperfection not noted er pointed out. Every lot is sold “as is’ and without recourse. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, and the Association will give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued and in its judg- ment may thereafter sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby will become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion without foundation. X. RECORDS: The records of the auctioneer and the Association are in all cases to be considered final and the highest bid shall in all cases be accepted by both buyer and seller as the value against which all claims for losses or damage shall lie. XI. BUYING ON ORDER: Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders transmitted to it by mail, telegraph, or tele- phone, if conditions permit, will be faithfully attended to without charge or commission. Any purchases so made will be subject to the foregoing condi- tions of sale, except that, in the event of a purchase of a lot of one or more books by or for a purchaser who has not through himself or his agent been present at the exhibition or sale, the Association will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale, and the purchase money will be refunded, if the lot differs from its catalogue description. Orders for execution by the Association should be given with such clear- ness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot num- ber be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much for the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one trans- mitting the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit must be sent or reference submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. PRICED CATALOGUES: Priced copies of the catalogue, or any session thereof, will be furnished by the Association at charges commensurate with the duties involved in copying the necessary information from the records of the Association. These conditions of sale cannot be altered except by the auctioneer or by an officer of the Association. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Inc. OTTO BERNET MANAGERS HIRAM H. PARKE AUCTIONEERS CATALOGUE oy re" bg gs - Gthh ht ali Wait a ahi sant i | C foreword T is not necessary to introduce Mr. Vitall Benguiat to the New York public, who have long had his familiar acquaintance. The textiles which he has assembled this year and offers under the firm name of V. & L. Benguiat to public competition mount to > the extreme heights in beauty, and many of them in rarity. It is a penalty or an incentive, according as one views it, to have established such a standard of beauty, rarity and excel- lence—as the Benguiat exhibitions of many years past have estab- lished—that only indefatigable and supreme effort can make a succeeding one stand forth for admiration and encomiums. A glance at the present exhibition discloses the achievement, an examination confirms the first impression. It almost seems that Benguiat had outdone himself. “Ravishing!” is an expression caught so often at a first vision of these gorgeous fabrics that it dulls the keen edge of “Marvelous! “Tremendous!” “Resplen- dent!” which follow the first drinking-in of the glistening, irides- cent and wonderfully intricate textile productions. ‘They shimmer with light and coruscate with fire, and are at once fabulously rich and immeasurably delicate. Captivating laces mingle with regal apparel, the suffused bril- liance of the costumes of grandes dames with the radiance that was a part of the splendor of their surroundings. And the homely things of daily life are not absent. They form the quiet back- ground of the efflorescence of the grand display. Tapestries of fine composition and lovely color are not over- looked—products of ancient looms. And while many of the fab- rics exhibited are serviceable in many ways of decoration and utility, scattered among them are veritable documents worthy of museum placing. The styles and the periods represented, which are those of Mr. Benguiat’s selection, the evidences of the work- manship of Spainiard, Italian, Greek, Frenchman, Englishman, Jew, their sense of color which Time has sometimes enhanced and again has been unable to dim—all contribute to the fascination which we feel sure this extraordinary accumulation of woven and embroidered textiles will gratifyingly exert. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, INc, Sa } Rew @) ‘ 09 . ps € e e e e e e e ® 6 e ¢€ e e € a e e e e e ® e e 6 e e e e e se e e e e e e e e e e e e ® 6 e @ e e @ e e e e e e e é e e e AMERICAN ArT AssociaTION, Inc., MaANaGERS SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES THE V. & L. BENGUIAT COLLECTION Pee 8,9 CF 10 AT 2:15 P.M. To save time and to prevent mistakes each purchaser will oblige the management by filling in this slip and handing it to the record clerk or sales attendant on making the first purchase. Purchaser’s Name Address in Full Amount of Deposit. FIRST SESSION THURSDAY, APRIL 8, AT 2:15 P.M. Catalogue Numbers 1 to 200 Inclusive a PatR GoLD EMBROIDERED MANIPLES Italian, Renaissance Period White silk ground, richly embroidered in gold and accents of silks with floral forms, scrolling leaves and cruciform designs. Gold fringe. SILK EMBROIDERED STOLE Spanish, XVII Century Silk embroidery on linen ground. The designs are floral and scroll- ing in form and worked in silks of rich golden-yellow, white, ereen, blue and tones of rose. Pair VeLveT MANIPLES Spanish, XVI Century Green velvet. ITALIAN GoLD EMBROIDERY Louis XVI Period Drap dargent, finely embroidered in gold threads with leaves and blossoms and carrying a fringe of gold lace. Length, 1 yard; depth, 9 inches. PaIR SPANISH COLLARETTES Louis XVI Period On a Ddleu-de-ciel ground are panels of floral design, executed in gold, silver and rose, emerald and white silks, the whole carrying a double border of gold galloon. Hoop IN SILK AND GoLp Empromery Italian, XVIII Century An exquisite cap, mounted with jewels set in gold embroidery and trimmed with brilliant gold galloon. The embroidery is in colors and gold on a ground of white satin. 13 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. IO. II. I2. 13; 14. mee They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. TAPESTRY GIRDLE Venetian, XVII Century A silver ground finely woven, is ornamented with interwoven silks and gold thread in precise and delicate floral patterns and a con- necting scroll of conventional design; silver fringed ends. Length, 3 feet 11 inches. Two FRENCH WAISTCOATS Louis XV Period One embroidered in many colors with leaves and flowers on white satin; the other, a silk brocade exhibiting adornment in white and mauve on a golden-bronze ground, picturing men and women gath- ering fruits. | TOREADOR’S JACKET Spanish, XVIII Century Rich green velvet with a brilliant sheen; cuffs have an inner lining of gold brocade. Five CusHIoN COVERS French, XVII Century Soft rose-colored ground with a pattern of large blossoms and scrolling leaves appearing in silver-white and a delicate light green. THREE FRENCH BROCADE CUSHION COVERS Louis XVI Period SPECIMEN OF POLONAISE VELVET XVII Century Drap d'argent ground with a precisely drawn ornamentation of greenish cut velvet in designs, stellate and floral. Border of gold galloon. Length, 18 inches; width, 14 inches. EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period Quadrilateral; of dark red silk richly embroidered with conyen- tional designs of floral origin and enriched by a radiant sun in gold, jeweled with garnets. Gold lace trimming at edge. FRENCH VELVET CUSHION COVER Louis XV Period Rich wine-colored velvet, heavily embroidered in gold and silver with lattice and leaf designs, and outlined by an involved scrolling. Length, 22 inches; width, 18 inches. Parr VELVET CUSHION COVERS Spanish, XVII Century Plain rich red velvet, bordered with gold galloon wrought in a fine design. 14 oo as On ae 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. First Session GILET PERSIAN BROCADE XVIII Century Patterned in diagonal bands of confused floral designs in a number of quiet colors. 28 inches square VENETIAN GOLD BROCADE STOLE AND MANIPLE Renaissance Period Highly conventional designs of floral origin in gold on an emerald ground. Bordered with gold lace. THREE ITALIAN VELVET Hats XVII Century Wine-red velvet in soft tone, trimmed with gold lace fringe. PoLONAIsE CuT VELVET CHALICE VEIL XVII Century Cruciform; adorned with branching floral designs in rich green velvet on a drap d’or ground. Border of gold galloon enriched by gold fringe. Two EMBROIDERED SADDLE Bacs Persian, XVII Century Embroidered in silk and silver on velvet; the designs, birds, blos- soms, primitive floral sprays and trees. PatR VELVET COLLARETTES Spanish, XVI Century Emerald-green velvet of brilliant sheen, bordered by short fringe. PANEL OF GOLD EMBROIDERY Spanish, XVII Century Horizontal oblong panel, heavily embroidered in conventional de- signs and carrying a deep fringe of gold lace with tassels. Length, 18 inches; depth, 7 inches. FRENCH EMBROIDERY MIRROR FRAME XVII Century A ground of silver embroidery is adorned with roses and other flowers and with branches of leaves, all worked in silks of differ- ent colors. On this is imposed as the actual frame for the mirror an elaborate cartouche in gold embroidery, ornamented with sweep- ing scrolls. 5 Height, 26 inches; width, 20 inches. SILK TABLE COVER Venetian, Renaissance Period Moiré silk of emerald hue, quadrilateral in shape, bordered with an extremely fine pattern of gold lace. 27 inches square. 15 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item 1s offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 25. PatR GALLOON VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century — Dark red velvet, with variable sheen. 26. BROCATELLE CUSHION COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period At the centre a large escutcheon supported by lions and the royal arms of Spain in soft golden-yellow on ruby-red; this is enclosed by a border of formal design. 27. VENETIAN BRocADE CUSHION COVER XVII Century Ground of sapphire-blue, soft and delicate, worked with exquisite floral designs in silver and neutral silks; broad border of silver lace of fine design. 28. BROCADE CUSHION COVER French, Louis XVI Period Ornamented in columns or narrow strips, embroidered with many- colored floral design and scrolling green leaves, on a white and silver ground. Border of silver lace. 29. EMBROIDERED WALL POCKET Venetian, XVII Century Olive satin, embroidered in gold and various colored silks and trimmed with gold lace; at the corners gold lace tassels. ‘Three pockets. 30. SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century Téte de négre velvet of rich quality and plain surface, bordered with brilliant gold galloon. Length, 3 feet 2 inches; width, 22 inches. 31. EMBROIDERED VELVET PILLOW COVER Spanish, XVI Century Crimson velvet richly embroidered in floral designs in soft colors. At the centre is a formal figure of stellate design, having many points. The colors are azure, emerald and a soft golden-yellow and here and there details glint in metallic threads. The tulip and carnation appear among the designs, together with large leaf forms and scrolling tendrils. Back formed of plain velvet of the period, and paneled with gold galloon. | | Length, 32 inches; width, 20 inches. 16 First Session essere ees er eres rerrcer aE 32. ITALIAN VELVET CUSHION COVER XVI Century A handsome production, evidently made for the Barberini as the designs include the bee and the moon formalized. ‘These are en- closed by floral scrolls which include tree as well as leaf designs. Length, 26 inches; width, 25 inches. 33. Two SPANISH VELVET CUSHION COVERS Renaissance Period Amber cut velvet, in various finely designed floral patterns; paneled in gold and silver galloon. Length, 24 inches; width, 19 inches. 34. Two SpanisH Cur VELVET CUSHION COVERS XVII Century Geometrical and floral designs are worked into an open lattice, the whole executed in emerald-green and soft rose tints. Tassels at corners. Length, 20 inches; width, 16 inches. 35. Drap p’ARGENT CUSHION COVER XVII Century A museum example of an Eastern fabric, the design Egyptian and enclosing a central panel carrying Arabic inscriptions. The whole is worked in light tones except that the ground of the central panel is a soft maroon. Length, 21 inches; width, 23 inches. 36. GENOESE VELVET CUSHION COVER XVII Century Ruby-red velvet edged with gold galloon. 21 inches square. 37. Set or Stx Damask BorvERs Italian, XVII Century Crimson damask richly patterned in floral designs and bordered with gold galloon. Length (each), approximately 9 feet; width, 9 inches. 38. Ser or Four BALDACCHINO BorRDERS Spanish, XVII Century Velvet of rich dark red, bordered with gold galloon and gold fringe. | Length, (two) 3 feet 2 inches; (one) 5 feet 3 inches; depth (of all), 14 inches. 39. BROCATELLE BORDER Renaissance Period Scrolling foliations, with other ornamentation in the open spaces, are worked in a soft olive-green on an old-golden ground. Narrow borders of formal scroll at top and bottom. Height, 12 inches; length, 13 inches. 17 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 40. 4I. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. JANINA EMBROIDERY XVI Century The tulip and the Persian cone designs are embroidered in crimson, a faint azure tone, and a variety of silks of more neutral coloring on a natural linen ground. Between the larger designs are primi- tive birds and animal forms and the field is edged with a narrow border of conventional blossoms. Length, 7 feet 2 inches; depth, 11 inches. PANEL OF GOTHIC EMBROIDERY Spanish A vertical broad band of Gothic embroidery brownish in tone has pictured upon it the Crucifixion, and two Saints within architectural niches; the background is in gold whose lustre has now departed. The applique decoration is of linen, the character retained par- ticularly in one face, that is to be remarked. The whole on a panel of red velvet with gold galloon border. Height, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 14 inches. Pair STAMPED VELVET PANELS Italian, Renaissance Period Pigeon-blood ruby velvet of deep tone and soft sheen, stamped with detached patterns of fine Renaissance design; the figures are formal, of floral origin. Border of gold galloon. Length (each), 5 feet 4 inches; depth, to inches. Parr GoTHIc VELVET SIDE BANNERS Oblong with palmate top, to which large tassels are attached. Rich red velvet. SPANISH EMBROIDERY BORDER Renaissance Period The designs are floral scrolls surrounding medallions, which are further embroidered. CRETAN EMBROIDERED BORDER XVII Century Embroidered in crimson silk on linen in formal designs, floral in their origin. Primitive birds also appear and the embroidery on the reverse is almost exactly the same as on the obverse. Length, 10 feet; width, 7 feet 2 inches. CRETAN EMBROIDERED BORDER XVIT Century In olive-green silk on linen, worked in highly formal conventional scrolls alternating with figures and vases. Narrow silk fringe. A museum piece. Length, 8 feet; width, 8 inches. 18 i ee 4m ee Nts J 47. 48. 49. 50. ee. Ea: 53: First Session LonG STRIP OF VENETIAN SILVER LACE Renaissance Period Elaborate scroll-work, enclosing small medallions on panels with solid bodies, worked in softly brilliant silver; on purple silk backing. LaAcE CHALICE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Cruciform, the arms of the cross worked with figures of Our Lady and Saint Peter; at the centre the Sacred Monogram surrounded by radiant lines. Bordered with gold lace. EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Itahan, Renaissance Period Square centre of plain linen enclosed within a broad band of wine- red embroidery, wrought in a fine design of interlacing leaf scrolling. 16 inches square. Lace CusHION COVER Venetian, Renaissance Period Filet lace, with floral adornment in gold and silver in a broad band surrounding a quadrilateral field on which appears the flaming heart, surmounted by a crown. BoRDER PANEL OF VENETIAN LACE Renaissance Period Really a museum specimen. The lace is wrought in gold on a linen ground and pictures an intricate design of scrolls and floral forms, including the heads of two crested birds whose figures vanish below in the multitude of scrolls. Mounted on crimson damask. Length, 2 feet 6 inches; depth, 1o inches. RHODIAN EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVII Century Embroidered with silks on linen in large and finely drawn medallions mainly in ruby-red and light cerulean alternating with golden-olive. Across the ends borders of primitive birds in procession. Length, 6 feet; width, 1 foot 6 inches. FiretT Lace Rerecrory TABLE STRIP | Italian, Renaissance Period Plain centre of soft linen crossed near the ends by fil-tiré bands worked in beautiful design of leaf scrolls and rigid conventional figures. Lace border, fringed. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 1 foot 8 inches. 19 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item 1s offered and sold. 54. 55: 57: 58. 59- 60. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. ITALIAN EMBROIDERED LINEN SCARF Renaissance Period Plain centre and end strips of fine soft linen, with cross bands near the ends of exquisitely fine embroidery in geometrical designs. These are varied by columns with pairs of birds at head and foot. Length, 5 feet 8 inches ; width, 2 feet. ITALIAN LACE AND LINEN TABLE CovER Renaissance Period Longitudinal border and two cross bands in lace of old-gold hue patterned in scroll design and floral figures; gold lace edge. Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet. EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLE COVER Italian, XVII Century Linen of natural color and a fine weave, carrying a broad border embroidered alike on both sides, in gold and silver and bright colored silks; the design is a floral scroll enclosing small blossoms and conventional designs in accord. Numerous initials are also worked in the embroidery. Narrow edge of silk and gold. Length, 10 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet § inches. Six SouaRE LencTus oF ENGLISH CHAIN STITCH EMBROIDERY ON LINEN Queen Anne Period The white ground enlivened by sprays of flowers and figures of birds embroidered in finest of chain stitch in ruby-red, light golden- yellow, blue, and a dark green. Approximately (each), 1 yard square. SPANISH LACE CURTAIN Renaissance Period A centre of plain linen surrounded by a border of fil-tiré embracing most minute designs and larger foliated medallions of floral form. Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 7 feet. FireT Lace Taspie Cover Spanish, Renaissance Period Green silk centre, surrounded with lace wrought in designs of ani- mals in action alternating with vases of flowers. Border of guipure lace. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 9 inches. SILK FILET LACE AND SILK TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Embroidered green silk centre surrounded by broad border of lace, finely worked in rigid designs in soft neutral tones, in floral medallions. Edged with guipure lace in matching colors. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 4 inches. 20 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. First Session MULTICOLORED Lace AND LINEN TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Transverse panels of plain linen of fine quality alternating with four bands of lace, executed in floral and geometrical designs. Macrame border at ends, sides bordered with rapallo lace. Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. SICILIAN TIssuE EMBROIDERED [TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Plain linen panel, surrounded by a narrow border of floral design in rich wine color and crossed by two bands of embroidered orna- mentation picturing lions, Castilian towers and small animalistic designs in a golden rose-pink. Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 4 inches. ABRUZZI PANEL Gothic Tissue embroidery in blue on old-ivory linen, the ornamentation appearing in two bands picturing the hart and the fountain, to- gether with trees and formal floral figures. Paralleling the central band are lines of Gothic lettering. Length, 3 feet 9 inches; width, 1 foot 10 inches. SPANISH SILK AND LACE SCARF Louis XV Period Pink silk, with ends of embroidered lace in floral designs of many warm colors, combining emerald-green, old-gold and tones of blue. Narrow border of gold lace. Length, 8 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. Two Srrirs or Moorish EMBROIDERY Early Renaissance Period Paeidered j in vieux-rose silk on linen in an intricate pattern; at the centre a figure vaguely cruciform, with mural flankings, and at the ends parallelograms enclosing various geometrical figures worked in numerous colors. A vague rose and old-gold figure largely in the groundwork and the designs disclosed are those of wall tiles. On the rose ground at the centre are superimposed squares, each worked in various colors which originally had gold among them. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 10 inches. aI Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER - Renaissance Period Linen, with a plain panel at the centre, enclosed by a broad em- broidered border worked in yellow and blue in rigid designs, partly floral, partly geometrical. Scalloped lace border. Length, 5 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Fine linen of natural hue, embroidered with an elaborate and open floral scroll in soft neutral tints; lace border. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. BLUE Lace AND LINEN TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Exterior and interior transverse panels of blue lace, exquisitely patterned with floral designs and bird figures; in the border panels are vase designs flanked by lions. Edge dentele. Length, 8 feet; width, 2 feet 9 inches. SET OF SPANISH EMBROIDERIES ON VELVET Louis XV Period A saddle-cloth and two holsters of sapphire velvet heavily em- broidered in silver with bold floral designs. CAPARACON DE CHEVAL Spanish, XVII Century Soft red velvet, with heavy embroideries in gold in scrolling de- signs combined with floral figures mainly liliform. Saddle-cloth and two pistol holsters. POLONAISE VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century Drap a’or ground, ornamented with a highly formal flower and fruit pattern in cut and uncut velvet of a flashing blue-green tone. Bordered with gold galloon. Length, 3 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 11 inches. Point D’HoncGrRIE TABLE STRIP XVIII Century On blue damask, displaying the pomegranate pattern among others, is a wide band of point d’Hongrie embroidery with a lattice pattern of formal design and displaying lozenge figures, all worked in colors of soft richness and a golden-yellow on a linen ground. Gold gal- loon lace border. Length, 6 feet; width, 14 feet 22 — » P ” ~~ 2 - eae eee Le ees Ce re) h Uo ee 73> 74. 75: 76. 77: 78. 79: 80. First Session PatR PoLONIASE VELVET PANELS XVII Century Floral ornamentation intermingled with pomegranate designs ap- pears in cut velvet of bluish tone on a ground of drap d’or; trimmed with gold galloon. Length, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 9 inches. ITALIAN DaMAsK TaBLE COVER Louis XV Period Floral patterns in rich variety fairly sparkle through the soft and brilliant pale golden-olive sheen. Gold galloon border. Length, 3 feet; width, 22 inches. PART OF A CHASUBLE Spanish, XVII Century One face of a chasuble, the floral ornamentation in cut and uncut velvet of dark red tone on a ground of lighter hue; trimmed with gold galloon. SPANISH VELVET PANEL AVIII Century Embossed designs of scrolling lattice, the open spaces enclosing formal designs which represent dishes of pomegranates. Trimmed with velvet galloon. Length, 4 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. CrimMsoN DAMASK PANEL Italian, XVII Century Richly patterned in Florentine floral design, the color quality par- ticularly rich. Broad border of gold galloon. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 24 inches. ParR DAMASK TaBLE STRIPS Italian, XVII Century Crimson damask, richly patterned in fine floral design and bordered with gold galloon, having an old-gold ground. ‘sas Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. Two Damask PANELS Italian, XVII Century Crimson damask, finely patterned and surrounded by a border of cut and uncut velvet galloon in floral design on a ground of old-gold. Length, 5 feet; width, 22 inches. CuT VELVET TABLE CovER Spanish, Louis XV Period In four panels, two long and two short, separated by strips of gold galloon and the entire cover bordered in the same galloon. Patterned in graceful scrolls and foliations of emerald-green velvet on a golden-brown ground. Length, 9 feet; width, 24 inches. 23 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. Si. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Cut VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, Louis XV Period Graceful foliations and large figures of floral character appear in cut velvet, having a beautiful emerald sheen on a ground of rich golden-yellow. Border of gold and yellow silk galloon. Length, 8 feet 5 inches; width, 18 inches. SPANISH BLAcK VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 23 inches. ITALIAN VELVET TABLE COVER Louis XVII Period Emerald velvet of plain surface and a notable silvery-green sheen. Broad gold galloon border. Length, 5 feet 4 inches; width, 22 inches. Spanisute GOLD AND SILVER BrocaDE TaBLE COVER Louis XV Period On a ribbed ground of golden-brown, a rambling floral pattern ap- pears in gold and silver and in silks of soft tones. In the ample spaces of the principal design appear blossoming trees and garlands of flowers naturalistically executed. Silver lace and fringe border. Length, 9 feet; width, 21 inches. SPANISH VELVET TABLE CENTER Louis XV Period Velvet of plain surface and rich quality, shimmering with a brilliant and wavering ruby sheen. Gold galloon border of formal pattern. Length, 8 feet; width, 21 inches. ITALIAN DAMASK PANEL XVII Century Crimson damask of soft note, the ornamentation on a magnificent scale and exhibiting broad leaf patterns and highly conventional floral medallions. At either end the panel is crossed by a band of diaper pattern which is woven in the original piece. Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. VELVET PANEL Spanish, XVIII Century Soft velvet in a baffling tone of red, with a brilliant sheen of gol- den-rose; an extraordinarily brilliant fabric. Border of gold galloon. Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet. Two PoLonalst VELVET TABLE STRIPS XVII Century Dignified and magnificent floral patterns executed in cut and uncut velvet of the jardiniére variety on a drap d’or ground; at the ends wide borders of gold galloon of fine pattern. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 9 inches. 24 Se Se eee 89. go. gi. 92. 93. 94- 95. First Sesston MoorisH VELVET PANEL XVIII Century Fine velvet, with a soft and brilliant ruby sheen; broad gold galloon border. Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. Parr EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVERS French, Louis XV Period Point de chenille embroidery in various soft and delicate colors on white satin ground; the delicately drawn designs include clusters of flowers and leaf scrolls. Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. MoorisH VELVET PANEL XVII Century Emerald velvet of wonderful richness, bearing the marks of early embroidery in a palmate arch at the top. Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. MoorisH VELVET PANEL XVIII Century Olive green velvet, trimmed with broad gold galloon. Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. PaiR OF DAMASCAN CURTAINS XVII Century Wrought in fine silvery-white silk on a rich wine-colored ground with detached accents in gold; the designs are purely conventional and of rigid character and the whole is bordered with a broad band of olive-brown. Across the ends are arabesque bands in the same colors with a more liberal interweaving of gold. Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. SeT oF THREE ScCUTARI CUSHION COVERS XVII Century Ornamentation in emerald and deep ruby velvet on a ground of light tawny tone. In the centre a formal medallion with branch forms, at the corners floral bouquets naturalistically drawn, the in- termediate field spangled with stars. Border of conventional character. Length each, 4 feet; width, 2 feet. Pair RussIAN EMBROIDRED VELVET PANELS XVIII Century Red velvet spangled with star-like blossoms and embroidered in silver and gold with a brilliant scrolling of floral designs; at one corner a palmate cartouche surmounted by a crown and enclosing Russian lettering. Length, 4 feet; depth, 2 feet. 25 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 96. 97: 98. 99. I0Oo. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. POLONAISE VELVET FAN-SHAPED PANEL XVIT Century The ornamentation is in floral patterns of cut emerald-green velvet on a ground of drap d’or, in three panels outlined by gold galloon, which also forms the border. | Length, 3 feet; greater width, 3 feet. VENETIAN TABLE COVER XVII Century Old-rose silk (somewhat worn) embroidered in vivid colors with a formal border which embraces both floral and geometrical designs and is so worked that both sides appear alike. The embroidery is in silks with details of gold. Border of gold guipure lace worked in colors in accord with those of the border. An exquisite work. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. FRENCH BROCADE CHASUBLE Louis XV Period Design by Philippe de La Salle; white satin made gay with rich and brilliant floral displays wrought in rose and olive, mauve and pink, dark olive and bright golden-yellow. Garlands appear pendent and enclosing a bit of park scenery. Flowering reeds over- hang brilliant game ducks, at the top a lone conventional butterfly appears among floral festoons, and belligerent goats are seen. FRENCH BROCADE CHASUBLE AND MANIPLE Louis XV Period Design by Philippe de La Salle; a gorgeous specimen in bleu-de-ciel, embellished with flowers in rich colors of silk and enriched with bold floral scroll wrought in gold thread. SET OF THREE SCUTARI VELVET CUSHION COVERS AVII Century Drap d’or ground with a conventional representation of the radiant sun at the centre and surrounding it a marvelously rich garden of flowers executed in emerald and ruby velvet within an oblong field of wave line boundary and a broader border of similar outline. At the ends cross bands of further floral ornamentation and somewhat bolder proportions. | Length (each), 8 feet; width, 1 foot 10 inches. 26 IOI. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. First Session GOLD-EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Moorish, XVII Century Dark green velvet with a Moorish arch in ruby velvet at the head, the whole heavily embroidered in gold with floral scrolls, palmate medallions and the Tree of Life design. Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet. GOLD-EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Moorish, XVII Century Dark rose velvet with gold embroidery similar to that of the pre- ceding panel and the Moorish arch of dark green velvet. : Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet. Damascus GOLD BROCADE XVI Century Woven in broad bands of soft crimson tone, alternating with nar- row stripes of olive, the broad bands ornamented with floral medallions of gold and oval figures of silver; similar oval figures appear in the olive stripes, and running the length of one side are cypress designs in moiré effect and a cursive or festooned scroll supporting formal figures of scrolling and medallion design. Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. Two ITALIAN VELVET PANELS XVIII Century Oblong panels of olive-green velvet—save where the original color of brilliant emerald appears in an arch design at the head, which has formerly been covered with embroidery. Broad gold galloon border. Length, 5 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. PoInT D’HONGRIE PANEL AVII Century Embroidered in delicate colors of rich quality, on ivory linen, in bold floral forms, the tulip and the rose appearing among them. The colors, crimson and a faint golden-olive with a mulberry-brown and delicate blues. Border of silk fringe. Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet. SPANISH VELVET COPE XVIII Century Velvet of glowing emerald of variable sheen, trimmed with a nar- row border of gold galloon. BrocaDE TABLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period White silk, patterned in narrow stripes carrying ermine flecking, divided into panels by pinkish bands, the panels ornamented by velvet flowers in soft and varied colors. 1 yard square. 27 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 108. 109. Lit, 112. Ta3: 114. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER AVI Century Embroidered in silk on linen; of fine early workmanship. The colors are crimson, light emerald, pale blue and tones of fawn, and the designs entirely floral, combining roses, palm-leaf motives and tree scrolls. Length, 2 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVI Century Téte de négre velvet with a light sheen and unornamented. Sur- rounded by a gold galloon border in brocade pattern. Length, 3 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet 4 inches. GREEN Damask TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Damask of emerald tone patterned in ornate floral designs which are intersected by crowns. Gold fringe border. Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century Floral designs of high conventionality in cut and uncut velvet of rich and dark red tone on a silken ground of lighter hue. Border of gold galloon. I yard square. MoorisH SILK BROCADE COVER AVI Century Ornamented in striped patterns of golden-orange alternating with narrow blue stripes which enclose a brocade pattern of intricate design in various colors; white ground appears at ends and at centre. 4 feet 6 inches square. EMBROIDERED SILK TABLE CovER Italian, Renaissance Period Olive-green silk, embroidered in gold, silver and silks of various colors with a formal border of blossoms rising at intervals from a basic scroll and with four larger corner bouquets. Bordered with gold lace. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. RHODIAN EMBROIDERY TABLE COVER XVII Century In silk of a brilliant and light wine-red and a bright azure on a linen ground of natural color; the whole patterned in a tile design with brilliant medallions more or less palmate in shape and en- closed in a leaf scroll, the leaf form serrated. Enclosing border of highly formal scrolling. Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet. 28 First Sesston ae 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century A circular cover of golden velvet with a rich sheen; at the centre is a Cardinal’s coat-of-arms in silk and gold embroidery. Gold galloon lace border. Diameter, 3 feet 6 inches. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period Patterned uncut velvet on a crimson ground; the designs are all floral, mainly detached branches or clusters arranged in columns, each cluster showing both leaves and flowers and in some cases fruit designs. Gold galloon border. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. Murat VELVET TABLIER French, late XVIII Century On a silken ground of rich apricot tone is a repetition of intricate design in cut and uncut velvet of soft gray note picked out with lines of detached blossoms in white, the whole presenting a re- markable effect of lace-work. At the bottom a deep spear-head border; the sides and top edged with silver galloon. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period Centre of plain velvet in rich garnet, this surrounded by a border of cut and uncut velvet on an ivory-white ground, the designs of highly formal scrolls; the whole bordered by deep silk fringe. (The border considerably worn.) 4 feet 2 inches square. EMBRIODERED VELVET TABLE COVER Persian, XVII Century The velvet (considerably worn) was of a dark red tone, now light- ened to a pinkish hue in the larger part of the cover. It is boldly ornamented in silver embroidery, the designs being birds on tree branches and at the centre enclosing the Persian lion coat-of-arms, also in silver embroidery. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. Uncut VELVET TaBLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period A design of fine stripes, the largest stripes diapered with minute floral devices in colors of flowery tone and between these stripes very narrow wave-line stripes in rose color; a rare fabric both in texture and design. Bordered with silver galloon. Length, 4 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet. 29 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. I21. 7 252.3 123. 124. 125. 126. 1277. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. ITALIAN DAMASK TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Damask of a light olive-green, ornamented in a bold and involved pattern of fruit and flower motives. Gold galloon lace border. Length, 4 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 8 inches. JeEWwIsH EMBROIDERY QUILTED PANEL XVII Century Ground work of silk embroidery with embroidery in silks and gold of landscape including buildings, butterflies, trees and floral sprays. At the centre an escutcheon with Hebrew lettering, over which is a crown supported by the lions of the tribe of Judah. Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet. VELVET TABLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period Rich emerald velvet with a purple ground appearing in narrow stripes traversing its entire length. Bordered with gold lace. Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 36 inches. Moorish Drap D’OR CURTAIN XVII Century Woven in parallel stripes, very narrow ones alternating with slightly wider ones in soft golden-yellow and a softer rose. Border interwoven with gold. Length, 11 feet; width, 3 feet 2 inches. EMBROIDERED SILK BANNER XVII Century On a green-blue ground there is embroidered at the centre an escutcheon surmounted by plumes and enwreathed with flowers; the embroideries are in various soft tones of silk enriched with gold. Formal corners enwreathed with flowers and at either end trans- verse scrolls embroidered in bird design and enriched by border of silver in similar embroidery. Length, 5 feet; width, 34 inches. SPANISH GOLD BROCADE TABLE COVER Louis XVI Period Rose-red damassé ground of soft tone carrying a column pattern of floral design in gold. Gold lace border. Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XVI Period Velvet of rich rose color with a delicate sheen. Broad border of gold galloon. 3 Length, 4 feet 2 inches; width, 3 feet 5 inches. 30 First Session 128. 129. £0, 131. 532; E93: CAUCASIAN VELVET COPE XVII Century Velvet of a light and delicate fawn color with a ground of gold; the ornamentation in cut velvet of a highly conventionalized floral design, fruits also appear and there is further embellishment of silver embroidery and silver brocade, fringed. SPANISH FLOWERED SATIN HANGING Louis XVI Period In alternating longitudinal stripes of plum-brown and cerulean and white stripes, flowered or dashed with varied soft colors. Silk fringe border. Length, 6 feet 9 inches; width, 4 feet 8 inches. HINDU-PERSIAN SILK SCARF XVII Century Soft and rich rose tone, brocaded with detached floral designs in varied colors; across the end an elaborate ornamentation consisting of several borders, one with a drap d’or ground supporting de- tached units of flowers and shrubbery, one displaying a succession of elephants in gold, ridden by pairs of human figures, and narrower bands of formal floral scrolling. Length, 4 yards; width, 1 yard 3 inches. GALLOON BrocaDE TABLE COVER French, Louis XV Period The pattern of the brocade is floral on a brownish-bronze ground, the interwoven galloon brightening it in a mild way. ‘The whole field is paneled by bands of the gold galloon with fringed edges and the fringed border is also of gold galloon. Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet. VELVET LAMBREQUIN French, Louis XVI Period Cut and uncut velvet of emerald tones, both rich and brilliant. The ornamentation embracing both leaf and scroll figures deriving from fruit motives. The top straight, bottom festooned. Bordered with gold galloon and gold fringe. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; depth, 3 feet 6 inches. SPANISH BROCATELLE ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period The ornamentation in old-gold on a violet-purple ground. The design is floral with the pomegranate motive discernible, and scroll- ing leaves as the surroundings. Length, 6 feet; depth, 3 feet. 31 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 1 142. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. ITALIAN VELVET DALMATIC XVII Century Ruby velvet with brilliant sheen, the simple adornment a bright gold galloon of brocade design. Gotp BrocaDE CHASUBLE Italian, XVII Century Patterned in eccentric floral scrolling which appears in notes of soft golden tone within a rich green ground. Trimmed with gold galloon. VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish, XVII Century Red velvet of deep tone, enlivened with silver lace appliqué, the lace festooned in a sort of fan pattern. EMBROIDERED CHASUBLE Spanish, Renaissance Period Embroidered in silk on linen, the entire expanse covered with brilliant embroideries in floral designs, the colors a veritable gar- den, glistening on the quiet linen ground. The designs appear in highly conventionalized forms with connecting scrolls. Moorish VELVET ROBE XVIII Century Velvet of rich purple hue and brilliant sheen, with narrow trim- mings of gold galloon. MoorisH VELVET COAT XVIII Century Velvet of ruby-red with purplish sheen and trimmed with gold gal- loon. SPANISH VELVET JACKET XVIII Century Rich dark green velvet unornamented save for a narrow edging of green silk and gold around the neck and down the front. MoorisH VELVET ROBE XVIII Century Rose-red velvet with a light sheen trimmed with broad bands of gold galloon. EMBROIDERED VELVET ROBE Albanian, XVII Century Rich plum-colored velvet with brilliant sheen ornamented with elaborate gold embroidery and spangled with metallic gems. 32 ae Fs — First Session 143. 144, 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. MoorisH VELVET RoBE XVIII Century Rich and brilliant ruby-red velvet, heavily trimmed with gold gal- . loon. CuILp’s EMBROIDERED VELVET COSTUME Polonaise, XVIII Century Emerald velvet of a soft and beguiling sheen, richly and heavily trimmed with gold embroideries of diversified floral pattern. Four pieces. RoyAL ALBANIAN COSTUME IN VELVET AND GOLD XVII Century Garnet velvet with a ruby sheen, adorned with broad bands of gold galloon and exquisitely ornamented with floral designs and scrolls of arabesque character in gold embroidery. EMBROIDERED VELVET COAT French, Louis XV Period Royal-purple velvet most elaborately adorned with silk embroid- eries in which many varieties of flowers are represented in all the colors of the garden. FRENCH SILK BROCADE COAT Louis XV Period A dream of color from the regal days of elegance; a remarkable textile fabric of finest silk displaying a lattice design in white on a ground of delicate rose, the interstices of the lattice decked with tiny roses. SPANISH VELVET COAT Renaissance Period Rich and deep bright blue in cut and uncut velvet, closely patterned with detached designs of floral origin. SPANISH VELVET COPE Renaissance Period Patterned in detached trefoil designs of cut and uncut velvet, hav- ing a golden-brown sheen, on a light golden ground. PLusH VELVET Cope AND Hoop Spanish, XVII Century Brilliant flame color with a dazzling sheen. 33 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. ISI. he2: ry (54. ee They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. SILVER BROCADE COPE © French, Louis XV Period The plentiful decoration is in floral designs wrought in quiet colors and in metal on a white silk ground; bordered with gold galloon. VELVET COPE Spanish, XVI Century Red velvet worn by time and use, trimmed with a band of delicately patterned damask; gold galloon edging. SPANISH VELVET COPE XVII Century Deep and dark sapphire-blue velvet with notable richness of tone, bordered with gold galloon and within the border bearing marks of the original embroidered decoration in scroll form and exhibit- ing the fleur-de-lys. GoLD BRocaADE COPE Spanish, XVII Century Ground of rose-red, heavily patterned in gold with scrolling and floral designs. Orphreys and hood in a soft old-rose bearing floral designs in silver-white. Bordered with gold galloon. SPANISH RUG XVII Century A light fawn tone prevails throughout the fabric, both field and border. The ornamentation about a conventional medallion at the centre, consists of pairs of grotesque birds and lions and floral figures based on the tulip and carnation. Wide border of conven- tional carnation scrolling. ‘The ornamentation is all in ruby-red, a delicate green and a warm golden-yellow. Length, 7 feet 4 inches; width, 6 feet. FRENCH RoyAL TAPESTRY Louis XVI Period Gris-souris ground, richly ornamented in soft and low tones of red, blue and green, with the ROYAL ARMS OF FRANCE and the word LOUIS at the centre, surrounded by ingeniously worked floral scrolls; in the interspaces grotesque figures of animals and the rectilinear field is surrounded by a broad border of formal floral medallions enclosed with scrolls. Signed, A. H. 1780. Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, 5 feet. 34 First Session pe A a te 158. 159. 160. 161. JewisH ALTAR FRONTAL Venetian, XVII Century Heavily embroidered in gold on a maroon ground. The principal ornamentation a canopy suspended on sinuous columns, and de- pendent from its apex the sanctuary lamp. Garlands hang pendent and rise parallel to the columns, and at the upper corners are elab- orate floral figures springing from vases. Scroll and leaf border with fringed edge, the ornamentation picked out in small scroll discs. Length, § feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet. Damascus BrocaDE TABLE COVER XVIII Century Ground of pale salmon color, spangled in regular columns both vertically and horizontally, with small emerald baskets supporting bouquets of golden flowers. 5 feet 6 inches square. BLack VELVET COVER French, Louis XV Period The rectilinear field crossed by bands of conventionalized orna- mentation, including floral scrolls and sundry military trophies. In addition are two wide bands of ornamentation representing vases of flowers surrounded by floral scrolls, which give the effect of a wreath and these are supported by architectural ornamentation and pendent baskets. Border of brilliant gold galloon. Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet 7 inches. EMBROIDERED SILK PORTIERE Spanish, XVII Century Striped silk in pale golden tones, the stripes or narrow bands orna- mented with detached leaves embroidered in gold thread. Length, 8 feet; width, § feet. RESPLENDENT PERSIAN PORTIERE XVII Century Printed by hand in colors and gold on white linen. A royal pro- duction with lions and peacocks in diversified ornamentation at the centre of the field; the Tree of Life figure appears in red, white and gold with an azure ground. Birds are incidental in this orna- mentation; below are two peacocks and two lions in gold at either side of a crimson pomegranate, and above the Tree are two pea- cocks. In the border appears a rich scroll in tulip and carnation motive on a crimson ground. Length, 7 feet; width, 4 feet. 35 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 162. 163. 165. 166. 167. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. PERSIAN EMBROIDERED PORTIERE XVIII Century Silk embroidery on cloth; the great rectilinear field embroidered with eighteen medallions enclosing arabesque patterns worked in many colors. The field is surrounded by the so-called palm leaf device repetitive on an old-gold ground and this is followed by a succession of other borders different in design. Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 6 feet. ITALIAN DAMASK PORTIERE | Renaissance Period Delicate wine-red with a shifting sheen, patterned in soft old-gold with a bold design of large lattice character, the interstices ex- hibiting conventional floral patterns and the crossings pinned with crowns. Silk fringe border. Length, 7 feet 2 inches; width, 6 feet 10 inches. Pair ITALIAN DAMASK CURTAINS Renaissance Period The ornamentation of highly conventionalized devices of varied floral origin in large proportions, while amongst them are smaller pomegranate devices and pairs of primitive and grotesque birds. The whole worked in soft tones of old-gold on a background of vague blue-green. Silk fringe border. Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. BrocaDE TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century Olive-green ground of soft note brightened by patterns of flowers in soft rose-red, old-gold, ivory-white, purple and deep brown. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet. SPANISH BROCADE TABLE COVER XVII Century Brilliant golden-yellow silk, patterned with floral forms of great variety, leaves and blossoms both large and small being seen. The brilliance is heightened by silver threads used in various of the flowers. Gold galloon border. 6 feet 6 inches square. Rep DAMASK PoRTIERE Italian, XVII Century Damask of soft crimson tone, with highly conventional floral de- signs. : Length, 10 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. 36 -_ - 5 ag I ST ae fe! 168. 170. 171. 172. 173. First Session SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century Displaying on a ground of golden tone detached designs of floral and fruit origin which appear in velvet of a violet-brown. Silk fringed border. Length, 9 feet; width, 7 feet. SPANISH BROCADE TABLE COVER XVII Century Soft olive ground, patterned in a richer olive note with highly formal designs, both floral and geometrical. (Somewhat worn.) Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet. Rep DAMASK PORTIERE Italian, Louis XIV Period Crimson damask with soft sheen, patterned with very large designs formally conventionalized and of floral origin. Bordered by fringe. Length, 12 feet; width, 6 feet. FRENCH BROCADED PORTIERE Louis XVI Period Rose-red ground of rich quality, patterned in silver-white with floral designs disclosing branching blossoms and stems tied with bow-knots. Narrow white silk fringe. Length, 12 feet; width, 7 feet 6 inches. Parr PINK VELVET PoRTIERES Italian, Renaissance Period An especially fine velvet of a rare rose pink with a soft sheen of remarkable brilliance. The grand expanse of the fabric discloses that it was originally a curtain of great splendor; the velvet bears, in slightly darker tone than its main field, the impress of a decora- tion that must have been one of coruscating splendor—cornucopiz discharging an abundance of fruit, myrtle garlands, and other floral forms and branching scrolls in all directions. Around the margin is the impress of a border of Greek fret. Of all the original decoration there are retained two escutcheons worked in gold em- broidery. These are surmounted by a crown and have at their base the insignia of the Order of the Knights of Malta. Length, 14 feet; depth each, 4 feet 8 inches. FLORENTINE WOOLEN VELVET PORTIERE Renaissance Period An unusual fabric of grayish tone relieved by soft green and a low- toned golden-yellow. The decorations are floral and highly conven- tionalized, bold and precisely executed. Narrow fringed border. Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet. 37 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 174. La. 177. 178. 179. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. PatR EMBROIDERED PORTIERES Italian, Renaissance Period Crimson damask of rich tone and elaborate pattern, bearing down its centre a panel of fine embroidery in silk on linen; the bold and sweeping designs are floral in their origin and worked in glistening colors of blue, gold, emerald, rose and silver. Panels are bordered by gold galloon lace and the portiéres with gold galloon and fringe. Length, 12 feet 8 inches; width each, 5 feet 4 inches. GOLDEN VELVET PORTIERE Spanish, XVII Century A broad expanse of golden-yellow velvet, with a sheen of such bril- liance that it appears altogether of gold. ‘This is bordered with silver galloon. The fabric exhibits the pattern, hardly varying in tone, of its original silver decoration; which was a bold and open scroll of floral forms of fine design, intersected at the corners by arrows of lattice-work. Length, 12 feet; width, 10 feet. SeT oF EricHT Rep VELVET CHORISTER’S CAPES Spanish, XVII Century Wine-red velvet bearing the imprint of early rich embroideries, which disclose interlacing floral patterns and connecting scrolls. Bordered with gold galloon. Set oF Stx VELVET CUSHION COVERS Spanish, XVIII Century The ornamentation in cut and uncut velvet. SeT OF Six VELVET CUSHION Covers Spanish, XVIII Century The ornamentation scrolling leaves embracing a design originating in the pomegranate; the whole executed in cut and uncut velvet of | deep green on a ground of lighter tone. SET OF Four VELVET CUSHION COVERS Spanish, XVII Century Decorated in cut and uncut velvet in the same designs as those of the preceding lot. 38 First Session 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. SET OF Four BrocapED PANELS Hispano-drabe, XVI Century Woven in transverse bands of conventional ornament which appear in silver white, golden yellow emerald and a soft seal brown on a rich copper red ground. ‘The designs are tree forms, vases of flow- ers, petal medallions, composite medallions and other conventional designs. ; | Length, 8 feet 9 inches; width each, 1 foot 7 inches. SET OF Six BrocapDE PANELS — Hispano-Arabe, XVI Century Similar to the preceding; slight variations among the designs, some including cloth-of-gold. Length, 8 feet 9 inches; width each, 1 foot 7 inches. SET OF Four BrocapE PANELS Hispano-drabe, XVI Century Similar to the preceding, with slight variations among the designs. Length, 8 feet 9 inches; width each, x foot 7 inches. PatR FRENCH BROCADE PANELS Louis XVI Period Gorgeous crimson ground adorned in silks of emerald-green and sil- very-white with floral scrolls, graceful festoons, figures of herons and other birds highly conventionalized and forming geometrical medallions. Length, 12 feet; width, 2 feet. FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERE Louis XVI Period A brilliant expanse of light atmospheric azure tone, made more bril- liant by a rich ornamentation in glistening silvery-white; the designs, vases of flowers and fruit, graceful festoons of garlands, and birds about to take flight. Bordered with blue and white silk fringe. Lenath, 11 feet; width, 6 feet. Lot or THREE PIEcES OF BROCADE 7 French, Louis XVI Period The same design as the preceding lot in brilliant silvery-white on a ground of glowing azure. In 13 panels, each 1 yard long and 24 inches wide. FRENCH BROCADE PoORTIERE Louis XVI -Period Bleu-de-ciel ground boldly decorated with vases of almost monumen- tal proportions containing flowers and fruit and supporting festoons of various floral designs, from which birds are about to take flight; all this ornamentation in a glistening silvery-white. Length, 14 feet 6 inches; width, 8 feet 8 inches. 39 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 187. 188. 189. 190. IgI. 192. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. SeT OF NINE FRENCH BROCADE PANELS Louis XV Period The ground is a soft and mildly brilliant rose-red and the widely spreading designs are in rustic and floral scrolling and lattice de- signs all appearing in silvery-white and a soft golden-green. Length (each), 12 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. SeT oF Six FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERES Louis XV Period Field of light azure patterned in lustrous silver with highly conven- tional floral design; parts of the ornamentation are diapered. Edged with passementerie of blue and white silk. Length, 9 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 2 inches each, Pair FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERES Louis XV Period Similar to the preceding. Length, 10 feet 5 inches; width, 2 feet each. SET OF TEN EMBROIDERED SATIN WALL PANELS French, Louis XIV Period On a ground of soft rose satin are innumerable embroideries in many colored silks picturing Chinese scenes. There are men on foot, and mounted, some riding at furious gallop, some spearing animals, and there are figures of animals running, together with trees and flower- ing shrubs. ‘The decoration of the various panels differs, although involving similar subjects, and the decoration is vertical on some of the panels and on some arranged for horizontal use. An attractive boudoir decoration. Length, 10 feet; width, each, 2 feet 4 inches. Deep BorRDER OF FRENCH EMBROIDERY XVII Century On satin of dull soft red tone, the embroideries are in gold thread and brilliant silk and picture the Taoist Immortals and distinguished personages in gardens and on terraces and among pavilions. The stork, the spotted stag and the bats emblematic of happiness figure largely. Peaches of immortality and the peacock are among the other emblems. The designs and the colors are purely Chinese, but the work was done in France at the time of the early association of the two countries. Length, 15 feet; width, 2 feet. Lot oF TweEtve ITALIAN SILK CURTAINS Louis XV Period Plain silk of double width in rich golden-yellow. Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet & inches. 40 ae a lias ae | First Session 193. 194. 195. SET OF Four VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, XVIII Century Emerald-green cut and uncut velvet, patterned in designs of rich foliations and fruit and flower forms. Border of gold galloon. Length, 13 feet; width, each, 4 feet 10 inches. SET OF Four VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, XVIII Century Similar to the preceding. Length, 9 feet; width, each, 4 feet 10 inches. VERDURE TAPESTRY Flemish, XVII Century An excellent landscape composition, filled with sunshine and shad- ows. At either side rise groups of trees with brownish and varie- gated trunks and masses of dense green foliage, some of it in black shadow and other parts of it golden in sunlight. A stream tra- verses the central ground and beyond it are seen a church and buildings of a village. On either side of the stream, in the fore- ground, are seen finely drawn animals and two figures, one on the right a huntress sounding a horn, while below a bank on the left, a male figure emerges from a brook. Narrow border of garlands and fruits in brilliant naturalistic colors on a golden brown ground. Signed in lower selvedge, P. P. Olvenaer. 10 feet square. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. FLEMISH TAPESTRY Renaissance Period THE CHOICE OF HERCULES. At the center appears the massive fig- ure of Hercules, draped in his lion skin and carying his club on his shoulder. He is led toward the left by Pleasure, who wears the Medusa Head at her breast and points to a Greek structure on the hill beyond them. In front of them, in the foreground, is a Cupid holding a spear and a Medusa Head shield. Back of Hercules ap- pears the tall figure of Virtue, who places a detaining hand on his shoulder, while in her other hand she holds a laurel branch. In the background at the right, are allegorical figures bearing respectively a trumpet and a plumed casque. The tapestry is woven mainly of silk, and is a beautiful production both as to drawing and color. The colors are tones of gold and silver white, with brown, rich blue and a faint green intermingled; in the plumes of the casque only, appears a rich scarlet, and the aerial distance is bright and highly atmospheric. ‘Hercules was meditating in solitude, as to the path of life which he should choose, when two tall women appeared to him—Pleasure and Virtue. Pleasure promised him a life of enjoy- ment—Virtue a life of toil crowned by glory. He decided for Virtue.” Height, 9 feet 2 inches; length, 9 feet 8 inches. 4l - Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the BAAS de of the CoO 197. BRUSSELS TAPESTRY ; , Renaissance Pane A panel picturing temporal and spiritual power. A King, who is crowned and wears the Order of the Golden Fleece, seated at the left, holding his scepter and with his left hand extended. On the ‘right stands a man of noble figure, with the aspect of Moses, haying “ his right hand raised-and wearing a confident and warning ex- pression. In the background across a balcony is pictured a land-~ scape under a blue sky. . At either. side are pedestals rising out of banks of flowers and on the pedestal at left is seated a figure, hold- — ing the Cross to which he points; a companion ‘figure on the right holding what appears to be the Tables of the Law, to which he also points. Above the figures are garlands pendent from seraphim. . which occupy the top corners. The scene is completed at top by garlands festooned at either side of a cartouche. The whole executed in colors of wonderful brilliance and beauty, in golden hue, blue, crimson and ivory white. — Length, ro feet; width, 6 feet. 198. ‘Aususson TAPESTRY eh BPS Louis XV Period - 199. A gracious scene of landscape and figures picturing a young hunts- . man in gala attire who stands near the centre of the foreground ‘conversing with a maid-who is seated at the left. He is accom- panied by his dog, who drinks at the stream. Back of them are ruins of. classical architecture and some more modest buildings, and the distance is vague. The tones are largely a. soft old-gold and an — atmospheric 1 ivory white in the distance; accentuation and emphasis ne appear in trees rising at either side, that at the left overarching near the top of the canvas. Border of garlands in soft tones of green, light in hue, on a rose-apricot ground. Height, 8 feet 6 lichens width, 6 feet. ENGHIEN TAPESTRY Louis XII Period One of the animal compositions, extremely graphic. The animals in the main stand out in golden notes, with ivory and brown, and the same light colors represent the foliage of shrubbery in the centre; while the background is a mass of scrolling foliations of blue and green. Among the animals are the leopard, the lion, the deer, the monkey, the porcupine, the squirrel, and various other more gro- tesque constructions. On the ground appears the frog, a butterfly is fluttering in one of the more open spaces. 8 feet 6 inches square. 42 First Session a a 200. AUBUSSON ‘TAPESTRY XVII Century PASTORAL SCENE. Near the centre a shepherdess stands leaning against a tree and on her staff; her flock is grouped around her stand- ing and recumbent. To the left appear other bucolic figures, a female standing and another standing and gesturing to her while she converses with a seated girl. Back of them are two other youths standing and idly amusing themselves. On the right watches a young mother with an infant on her shoulder and back in the middle distance buildings appear. Growing plants appear in the fore- eround and a bifurcate tree rises in sunshine and with some of its foliage in shadow, while at the upper left corner the branches of another tree come into the picture. The colors are soft tones of green, blue, rose and ivory. Floral border in the same colors on a dark ground. Height, 8 feet 6 inches; length, 14 feet. ~»f END OF FIRST SESSION }e- 43 ‘ERG Pee seh, ae eee he es ee ee ee eS / . % ° wis Fg ee Raa se hoo 4 day Rak ln Sr cia ac . 3 He Oe oe a’ A a ny. = ooh tine Vt 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. SECOND SESSION FRIDAY, APRIL 9, AT 2:15 P.M. Catalogue Numbers 201 to 400 Inclusive i ee) SPANISH VELVET Mat XVII Century Red velvet with a pale rose sheen, surrounded by finely patterned gold galloon border. WHiTeE Sirk MITRE Italian, Louis XVI Period Brilliant with gold and silver embroidery in floral, fruit and scroll forms and further brightened by jeweling; on one face the sacred monogram and on the other the pelican. EMBROIDERED CHALICE COVER Italian, XVII Century Red velvet embroidered in gold, silver and silks, picturing the _ Agnus Dei and formal corner ornaments. EMBROIDERED STOLE AND ManiPLe Italian, Renaissance Period On satin, fine rich wine-red embroidery of cruciform figures and detached floral sprays in colored silks and gold thread; edged with gold lace and at the ends gold lace fringe. Pair VELVET STOLES Spanish, XVI Century Emerald-green velvet of brilliant sheen, bordered by short fringe. GoLtD EMBROIDERED STOLE Italian, Renaissance Period White silk moiré, edged with gold lace and made resplendent by rich embroidery of gold and colored silks; the designs foliar scrolls, numerous flowers and cruciform figures. PAIR GOLD-EMBROIDERED MANIPLES Spanish, XVII Century Red velvet of rich tonal quality, heavily embroidered in gold with floral designs in which both leaves and flowers are conspicuous, and some of the details have the appearance of fine filigree work. Bound by golden rope border. 45 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VENETIAN GOLD AND SILVER LACE Renaissance Period Purely conventional designs combined with scrolls wrought in gold and silver lace work on purple silk. Length, 3 feet; depth, 9 inches. BYZANTINE EMBROIDERY IN SILVER AND GOLD Formed of five panels of cloth-of-gold, each displaying a round arch worked in silver. At the centre is figured The Crucifixion and at either side appear two Saints with inscriptions in Greek. Height, 7 inches; length, 27 inches. ParT OF A SADDLE EQUIPMENT Spanish, XVII Century Golden-amber velvet, heavily embroidered with an escutcheon and conventional designs all wrought in silver. NEEDLEPOINT WALL POCKET Italian, Renaissance Period An oblong strip of crimson damask with arched top, and bordered by gold lace. The top and four letter pockets as well as alternating cross strips between the pockets are tapestried in fine designs and soft colors on a gold ground. Length, 31 inches. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED EscuTCHEON Spanish, XVII Century In the centre a painted medallion of blue, white and gold, with the standing figure of Our Lady with the Child and a scepter in her arms. Both figures wear heavy crowns of gold. The medallion © is surrounded by silver embroidery exhibiting sweeping foliations which enclose a lattice embroidered in silver on a white ground. Height, 19 inches. SPANISH EMBROIDERED PANEL XVII Century Red velvet of soft tone, ornamented with heavy embroidery of gold and silver, wrought in formal floral designs and enclosing a rectilin- ear panel which exhibits the pomegranate design and a monogram. Heavy gold galloon border. | Length, 21 inches; width, 9 inches. — 46 Second Session : 214. 125%, “216. 217. 218. 219. 220.. and executed i in a variety of colors. SPANISH EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL Hoop BroussA EMBROIDERY CUSHION Cover - .XVII Century In the centre a stellate medallion in a field of foliated outline, beyond: which are formal borders of floral and scrolled designs, the whole embroidered in silks of various colors and plentifully enriched with gold on a ground of white satin. Bike : 26 inches square. Gros AND Petit Pont Cusnion Cover French, XVIII Century Ground of aubergine brown spangled with white florets and fur- ther adorned with floral sprays drawn in highly conventional form Length,-2 feet 3 anes width, 1 foot 8 inches. SPANISH EMBROIDERED Hoop XVII Century Stellate and floral designs are embroidered in various silks on an ivory ground; the ornamentation is varied by gold and silver. embroidery and the hood is edged with silver fringe. Penge 29 inches 5 width, 25 inches. JARDINIERE VELVET TasLte Mart Genoese, XVI Century Finely designed floral patterns in cut velvet of emerald, rose and pale apricot hues on a drap d’argent ground. Galloon border. Length, 24 inches; width, 22 inches. Renaissance Period Foliar eral and ieee formal designs in soft colors and metallic threads on a ruby ground. BRrocaDE CusHION COVER Egyptian, XVI Century A ground of soft, rich sage-green is ornamented with Koranic in- scriptions reserved in ivory-white. PArR Boe Dirt Caadions : Italian, Renaissance Period Maroon satin, embroidered in silks and gold with formal designs surrounding medallions, each of which pictures a saint—the one, Saint James Minor, the other, Saint Nicholas of Myra. Length, 13 inches; width, 19 inches. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 47 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 221. 222. 223, 224. o2. 226. 227. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Two VELVET CUSHION COVERS Italian, XVII Century Cut and uncut velvet of fine emerald hue appears in conventional floral designs intermingled with the pomegranate on a ground of drap d’or. EMBROIDERED VELVET CUSHION Spanish, Renaissance Period Wine-red velvet, embroidered in gold and silver with a series of ecclesiastical designs. Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVERS Renaissance Period Embroidered with fine floral scrolls within an oblong, and enclosing central wreaths; these are adorned respectively with a formal cross and an Agnus Dei. The whole worked in gold and silver with a relief in silken color on a drap d’or ground. : Length, 21 inches; width, 17 inches. BROCATELLE Hoop Italian, XVI Century Figuring the Assumption of the Virgin who appears in a mandorla supported by five angels; the picture appears in soft old-gold on a ruby ground. : PatR EMBROIDERED VELVET SLEEVE ORPHREYS Spanish, Renaissance Period Velvet of deep garnet-red, with embroideries in gold and silver on crimson satin; the designs are highly formal scrolls picked out with colored silks. SPANISH EMBROIDERED Hoop Renaissance Period Embroideries of rich gold on red satin, the principal designs vases of flowers, long sweeping scrolls and dolphin figures. Fringed with gold lace. EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Olive-green silk of soft sheen, embroidered in gold and silks of delicate colors with four forms of floral designs at the corners surrounding the sacred monogram. Gold lace trimming. 48 Second Session ce A ee 228. 229. 230. 231. 232. 233. 234. EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Spanish, XVI Century In gold and silken embroidery the standing figure of the Madonna holding the Child in her arms is applied on red velvet. At the upper corner are the figures of angels in similar embroidery. Trimmed with gold galloon. Height, 20 inches; width, 16 inches. Four SPANISH VELVET CHAIR BACKS Renaissance Period On wine-colored velvet with a handsome sheen, geometrical floral designs are heavily worked in gold and silver, with reliefs of blue and green. Height, 18 inches; length, 21 inches. Parr EMBROIDERED CusHION Covers Spanish, Renaissance Period On satin, in a deep tone of wine-red, conventional figures of rigid design and floral origin mingled with interlacing scrolls appear in gold and silver embroidery. SPANISH EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER XVII Century On a straw-colored ground, itself of embroidery, a bold and in- volved design of floral origin is embroidered in silks of various colors and the whole field is surrounded by a broad silver lace border. Length, 21 inches; width, 24 inches. VELVET CUSHION COVER Genoese, XVII Century Bold floral designs in cut and uncut ruby velvet on a ground of old-gold. Edged with gold galloon. Length, 23 inches; width, 25 inches. TasBLe Cover or Cut AND Uncut Vetvet Lowis XIV Pertod A splendid fabric, silvery and golden, the ornamentation of superb floral designs in silver-gray velvet, both cut and uncut, on a brilliant ground of golden-yellow. Golden galloon border in grape design. Length, 33 inches; width, 26 inches. Parr DALMATIC SLEEVE OrPHREYS Spanish, Renaissance Period Velvet of deep wine-red, adorned with gold and silver embroideries with lines of fine leaf-scrolls, some of them interlacing. 49 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 235: 236. 2218) 238. 239. 240. 241. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. SILK Petir Pornr CusHion Cover Italian, XVII Century At the centre an octagonal panel embodying a composition of landscape and four figures; this is surrounded by a deep border of flowers—roses, tulips, carnations—all upright in soft colors on a dark ground. JARDINIERE VELVET CusHION COVER Genoese, XVII Century The characteristic designs of floral form with interwoven winged figures and graceful scrollings, exhibited in cut and uncut velvet of delicate emerald tones with other milder colors on an ivory ground. Silver galloon border. Parr VELVET CusHIon Covers Venetian, XVI Century Floral ornamentation in the carnation design highly conventional- ized and which originally appeared in drap d’or, this set within a ground of ruby velvet. EMBROIDERED SEDER COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period On blue-green silk of soft delicacy appear arabesques embroidered in gold surrounding a central ornamentation of the crossed triangles with accompanying Hebraic lettering. Gold fringe border. Pair Drap pd’OR AND Drap p’ARGENT BANNERS XVIII Century The design in the embroidered gold field presents a chalice, above which is a silver-haloed host, at centre, surrounded by floral scrolls of fine design. Gold fringe. Parr Drap p’OR Papa BANNERS XVIII Century The ecclesiastical designs in gold and silver indicate that they were made for the Lateran Basilica, Rome. ‘The designs include the Papal Tiara and Keys and below them an embroidered escutcheon; wide border of fine scroll design. Gold fringe at sides and longer -at ends. Pair VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century Dark red velvet with variable sheen divided into three panels by strips of gold galloon and bound by border of same. 50 ogg San Second Session 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. Petir PornT PANEL English, Jacobean Period ESTHER AND AHASUERUS. The King rising from his throne appears at the right and Esther, attended, at the left, the entire group under a canopy. ‘The picture is in petit point in sober colors. Height, 31 inches; width, 24 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET BORDER Spanish, Renaissance Period Olive velvet in soft tones, embroidered with a finely designed floral scroll having a soft golden-yellow ground and with cordonnet out- line; the scrolls are singularly well developed. Narrow border of blossom medallions separated by looped scrolls. Golden-olive silk fringe. Length, 4 feet; depth, 12 inches. THREE STRIPS OF JANINA EMBROIDERY AVI Century In silks on linen of natural color; the embroideries are in brilliant tones of crimson, a light emerald and a rich turquoise-blue. ‘These are relieved by darker tones and accented by small blossoms picked out in old-gold. The designs include the tulip, the carnation, the peacock and other birds and small grotesque animals. Approximate lengths, 6 feet each; width, 14 inches. BORDER IN SPANISH EMBROIDERY XVII Century Bleu-de-ciel satin in four sections, embroidered in silks and in gold with floral designs and formal patterns based on vases and combs. Bordered with gold lace and having silk fringe. Length, 6 feet; depth, 10 inches. Rep VELVET BALDACCHINO XVII Century Festooned in ten scalloped or scrolling pendants, each bordered with gold galloon and fringe; the whole having eight silken tassels. The velvet of rich and fine quality in ruby-red tone. Length, 9 feet 6 inches; depth, 13 inches. Set or Four Emproiwery PANets Spanish, Renaissance Period On an elaborately wrought ground of gold embroidery are pictured eight martyred Saints in needle painting; the figures are all in stand- ing position and relieved by the soft colors of the silks intermingled with delicately corded embroidered scrolls. Borders of gold galloon. 51 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 248. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. PAIR EMBROIDERY BORDERS Renaissance Period Long strips of gros and petit point, the designs highly convention- alized but with primitive floral forms worked in crimson, emerald, cerulean, golden-yellow, brown and a light turquoise-blue on an ivory ground; fringed at edge. Length each, 6 feet; depth, 9 inches. CuT VELVET PANEL Italian, Renaissance Period The velvet of wine color and particularly rich in tone, ornamented in floral designs of great richness which appear on a ground of golden-yellow; trimmed with gold, galloon. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. SCUTARI VELVET PANEL XVII Century On a drap d’or ground now grayish, a cut velvet ornamentation of tulips, roses and minor flowers appears in crimson, emerald and golden-yellow tones. All this in the rectilinear field which is bounded by a floral border, outside the end of which are transverse bands of seven panels each. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. EMBROIDERED ALTAR FRONTAL Spanish, Renaissance Period Crimson velvet (much worn) patterned with gold embroidery in four arched panels separated by ornate columns, on top of the columns vases of flowers and between their bases branching floral sprays. Bordered by gold fringe. | Length, 5 feet; depth, 2 feet. JARDINIERE VELVET PANEL Genoese, XVII Century Jardiniére velvet in a broad band running longitudinally, its deco- ration the usual conventional floral forms in emerald and crimson on a ground of gold; this band paralleled by equivalent bands of emerald damask with gold brocade galloon at ends. Length, 4 feet 8 inches; depth, 20 inches. SPANISH SILVER BROCADE COVER Louis XIII Period Patterned in silver on a golden-yellow ground; the designs include the pomegranate and Persian cone figures, besides scrolls and pal- mations. Border of silver lace. | Length, 3 feet 3 inches; width, 19 inches. 52 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. Second Session ITALIAN BROCADE TABLE COVER XVII Century A drap d’or ground is interrupted by conventional designs in emer- ald-green silk which are ornamented with floral sprays in diverse colors. The drap d’or ground dominates the aspect of the whole, the emerald areas appearing in relief. Border of gold galloon. Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 20 inches. SCUTARI VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century Cut velvet of a soft and liquid wine color and a sheen with the brilliancy of rubies. The field ornamented with six medallions, between them smaller medallions and blossoms and conventionalized pomegranate figures; these stand out from a golden-olive ground. At either end a border of shield patterns. ‘The whole bordered with gold galloon. Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 22 inches. A museum specimen from the Davanzati Palace, Florence. PoLONAISE VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century Brilliant ground of drap d’or and border of gold galloon lace. Length, 3 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 11 inches. Parr BroussA VELVET PANELS XVII Century Floral ornamentation of rigidly conventional forms, among which the tulip design appears, the whole in red and green cut velvet on a light fawn ground. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period Velvet of a rich deep wine-red, carrying a border of silver em- broidery in scroll pattern and enclosing devices deriving from the pomegranate. Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. SILK- AND GOLD-EMBROIDERED PROCESSIONAL BANNER Spanish, Louis XV Period Silver-white ground richly adorned with golden embroideries inter- mingled with silk embroideries and displaying fruit and flower forms. At centre the chiffre A M surmounted by a crown. Bottom extended in four pendants and at centre a silken tassel. Gold galloon lace border. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. ee Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 260. 261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 263. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Pair SPANISH VELVET PANELS XVIII Century Plain velvet of rich rose tone with a lighter ruby tone exposed in a palmate arch at the head where the embroidery has been removed. Border of fine gold galloon. Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. BROCADE ALTAR FRONTAL French, XVII Century Ground of rose-red of dull lustre patterned with expansive blossoms and branching leaves, executed in pale sage-green and a silvery- white. Length, 6 feet; depth, 3 feet. BROCADE ALTAR FRONTAL French, XVII Century Similar to the preceding. Length, 8 feet; depth, 3 feet. Pair VELVET PANELS Italian, XVIII Century Coral-red velvet of delicate sheen; trimmed with gold galloon. ITALIAN EMBROIDERY PANEL Renaissance Period In silks of rich color and further enriched by gold appliqué in splendid designs of floral derivation, some of them enclosing perched birds; the whole worked on a linen ground of nautral color. Fes- tooned border of similar workmanship. Length, 5 feet 4 inches; width, 20 inches. SPANISH BROCADE TABLE STRIP Renaissance Period On a ground of delicate wine color are displayed formal patterns of floral design highly conventionalized, exhibited in brilliant silver; narrow border of gold galloon. 7 Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century Téte de négre velvet of rich quality and plain surface, bordered with brilliant gold galloon. Length, 3 feet 2 inches; width, 22 inches. SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century Similar to the preceding. Length, 5 feet 1 inch; width, 22 inches. 54 268. 269. 270. 272. 273. Second Session | SILVER BrocapDE TasLe Cover Spanish, Louis XVI Period A gorgeous fabric of bright silver and vieux-rose. Tree designs and sprays of flowers are outstanding amid graceful scrolls. The silver and rose give a stunning aspect to the whole which is em- phasized by a border of silver lace. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 21 inches. SPANISH VELVET TABLE CENTRE Louis XV Period In five panels of emerald-green velvet, with a remarkably rich and brilliant sheen. The panels separated by narrow strips of gold galloon which also form the border. Length, & feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. SPANISH BrocADE TABLE CENTRE Louis XV Period The ornamentation wrought in highly colored silks, velvets, gold and silver; the principal ground is drap d’argent, and the floriation equals in richness the brilliancy of the metals. Border of fine gold galloon. Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. SET OF SIX EMBROIDERED PANELS’ French, Louis XVI Period Fine white linen embroidered with loop scrolls in wire gold which serves as a connection for wheat and flower sprays embroidered in similar wire gold and also in silks. The embroideries appear exactly alike on both surfaces. Fringed with gold lace of fine design. Owing to the thinness of the linen this set would serve to make fine window curtains. Length, 6 feet 5 inches; width, 2 feet. ITALIAN DAMASK PANEL XVII Century Rich crimson damask, patterned with graceful floral designs in- cluding large partly independent figures, yet all held together by branching scrolls. Length, 9 feet 10 inches; width, x foot 8 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Florentine, Renaissance Period Velvet of deep wine-red with a light sheen supports silken em- broideries of greens, golden-yellow, white, brown and mulberry- pink, with enrichments of drap d’argent; the designs, enlarged floral figures and bold floral scrolls. At one end two dragon heads vigorously drawn. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width each, 22 inches. 55 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 274. ara 276. 2777, 279. 280. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VELVET TABLE CENTRE Spanish, XVII Century Crimson velvet of deep and rich tone, with a broad border of gold galloon. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet 5 inches. PatR JARDINIERE VELVET PANELS Louis XIV Period Cut and uncut velvet; the predominating motives blossom forms and bold Florentine leaf scrolls, the whole appearing in a soft golden-brown and silvery-white on an ivory ground, and in a re- flected light exhibiting wondrous brilliance and soft sheen of golden tone. Bordered by gold galloon. Length each, 8 feet; width, 20 inches. Rep VELVET LAMBREQUIN Spanish, XVI Century Red velvet of soft and baffling color quality, edged and ornamented ~ with scrolls and floral figures in broad gold galloon. Long gold fringe. Height, 3 feet; length, 8 feet. Rep VELVET LAMBREQUIN Spanish, XVI Century Red velvet of rare and baffling color quality, edged and ornamented with scrolls and floral figures in broad gold galloon. Long gold fringe. -Height, 3 feet; length, 8 feet. Pair SPANISH VELVET LAMBREQUINS XVII Century From a background old-gold in tone there stands out a rich orna- mentation in cut and uncut velvet, the patterns floral and of gener- ous dimensions. Gold galloon and silk fringe border. Length, & feet 9 inches; depth, 25 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Italian, XVI Century Soft garnet velvet with almost a pigeon’s-blood-ruby sheen, bor- dered by a broad band of gold galloon; at either end a scrolling spray in floral design in gold embroidery. 3 Length, 11 feet; width, 2 feet. GENOESE VELVET PANEL Louis XV Period Light tan ground runs alike through field and border; the field is decorated in cut and uncut velvet of a purplish tone mingled with silver-gray. The designs, floral conventions sprinkled with crescent moons; the well-defined border is entirely in pale yellow velvet cut and uncut, in highly conventional designs mainly floral in form. Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet. 56 y ~~ a. ee eee Te 4 i i tat *. Second Session 281. 282. 257. 284. 285. 286. as i PoINnT DE VENISE BORDER XVI Century The designs are conventional floral forms and foliar-scrolls con- nected by beautiful brides picotées. Length, 1 yard 24 inches; depth, 4 inches. PoINT DE VENISE COLLARETTE | XVI Century Punto tagliato a fogliami or gros point de Venise in very rich floral and scroll designs, boldly executed. Lace CusHION COVER Italian, XVII Century The lace worked with emerald and turquoise-blue silks, alternating with white, in an elaborately designed floral scroll surrounding a central square within which is worked the Sacred Monogram sur- rounded by a halo. The whole mounted on rose silk and bordered with gold lace. 24 inches square. Gotp Lace CusHION Spanish, XVIII Century Wrought in floral designs of Eastern suggestion worked in gold and silver. Linen centre. Parr CUSHION COVERS Louis XV Design Garlands of point de Venise a la rose in intricate and elaborate floral motives appliqué on sheer fine batiste. Height, 20 inches; length, 28 inches. Gotuic Lace Rerectory TABLE COVER Spanish The oblong centre of plain linen bounded longitudinally by lace worked in a running floral design; at either end deep bands of lace presenting a Gothic gateway in which the figure of a child appears, the towers guarded by urns. Border of lace in deep points. Length, 7 feet; width, 1 foot § inches. FIL-TIRE TABLE COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period Plain linen central panel bordered in fil-tiré with stags, alternating with conventional figures; transverse bands at ends also in fil-tire exhibiting the stags and also figures in boats and two standing fig- ures of birds. Patterns appear alike on both sides. Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 57 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. : 288. Gotruic LACE AND LINEN ‘TABLE COVER V enetian Linen centre crossed by band of lace of early Gothic design, the whole bordered by Vandyked Gothic lace. Length, 5 fect 6 inches; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 289. SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Plain linen centre bordered by small grotesque birds, which appear across the ends beyond deep bands of rose-colored embroidery pic- turing trees, birds and a variety of wild animals. Edge ajoure. Length, 4 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet. 290. Muxticotor Lace Tasre Cover Italian, Renaissance Period Green silk centre with wide surrounding border of multicolor lace worked with silks in many designs of floral and geometrical figures. Edged with guipure lace. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 291. Firer Lace TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period In the centre a square enclosing a foliated medallion and smaller figures, the surrounding body divided into two sections by narrow bands or lines worked in floral design interspersed with scrolls. Bor- der of Gothic lace. 3 feet 8 inches square. 292. VENETIAN EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Embroidered in dark blue on fine linen, the ornamentation appear- ing in a longitudinal border and broad cross bands embracing highly formal designs, some of them presenting vase forms, others typically Renaissance cupids, and interspersed figures of birds. Blue and gold lace edge. Length, 4 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 293. Goruic LACE AND LINEN TABLE COVER Venetian Plain centre, surrounded by lace border of conical design, the ends crossed by bands of wheels and blossoms; exquisite border of Gothic lace with festoons. Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 58 * ’ * ey % 4 ei o% had 7 tina ia o, hy ‘* Second Session SS 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. SPANISH Lace ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period Central band of scrolls encircling heraldic figures and prancing horses at either side of fountains; upper edge bordered with birds, lower edge with a deeper border of quadrupeds and arborial figures. Gothic lace edge. Length, 11 feet; depth, 1 foot 9 inches. EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLE CovEeR [talian, Renaissance Period Bordered with detached trefoils worked in red; transverse bands near the ends embroidered with scrolling foliations, also in red, and marked by five squares ajouré and filled with tendril tracery of gold and silver thread. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLE CovER Italian, Renaissance Period Plain linen of natural color, crossed by transverse bands of ruby embroidery patterned with formal figures of branching leaf design. Conspicuous among these are hands grasping leaves. In the same workmanship, a narrow border runs round the entire cover, its de- sign a succession of the Lamb of Saint John. Festooned edge also of hand workmanship. Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. SPANISH Lace TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Entirely of lace, the centre a mass of scrolls with solid sections pat- terned in geometrical designs; surrounding this a broad border of fine filet patterned with leaf scrolls and tendrils. Embracing this is a narrow band of animalistic design and around all an elaborate border of guipure lace. Length, 5 feet; width, 4 feet. ITALIAN EMBROIDERED PORTIERE Renaissance Fine linen, carrying a broad border of formal designs with trees and trellises worked in a delicate rose, both sides alike; finely worked lace edge in tree or leaf form. Length, 10 feet; width, & feet. Gotuic Lace CURTAIN Venetian Plain linen centre surrounded by a border of lace-work in rigid conventional designs; the two-headed eagle can be discerned among them. Narrow embroidered edge. Length, 10 feet; width, 4 feet 6 inches. 59 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 300. 301. 302. 303- 304. 395: They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. SPANISH LACE TABLE COVER Renaissance Period In alternating squares of punto tirato and filet lace; the designs are mainly floral in the punto tirato, while in the filet figures appear. Fine lace border. 3 Length, 2 yards 6 inches; width, 2 yards. CAPARACON DE CHEVAL Louis XV Period Rich purple velvet ornamented with Spanish embroidery in gold; the adornment consists of scrolling leaves and innumerable pome- granates; three pieces. GOLD-EMBROIDERED CAPARAGON DE CHEVAL Spanish, XVII Century Saddle-cloth and pair of holsters all of red velvet with a sheen of wine color, heavily embroidered in gold with scrolling leaves and ‘conventional foliations; the embroidery of great depth. EMBROIDERED VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish, Renaissance Period Red velvet of soft sheen, the orphreys embroidered in silk and gold, the principal designs being in gold thread; these include vase designs, flowers and leaf patterns, formal floral scrolls and chimerae. The embroideries are on a crimson satin ground. EMBROIDERED CHASUBLE Italian, Renaissance Period Satin of deep rose-red embroidered in many colored silks and in gold and silver with innumerable vases of flowers; besides the vases there are scrolling sprays and enclosing leaf designs. ‘The orphreys bordered by narrow bands of scrolling in gold embroidery. EMBROIDERED SATIN DALMATIC Italian, XVII Century White satin, resplendent with gold embroideries relieved here and there by silks of soft tones; the embroideries are in bold floral designs carefully formed with a fine sense of proportion. Blossoms of conventional form appear among graceful scrolls and the entire fabric is corruscating with a golden radiance which is itself illumined by the chromatic display of the silk. | 60 e 4 Second Session 306. 397: 308. ve 310. arr! Awe: SPANISH EMBROIDERED DALMATIC XVIII Century Ivory-white silk resplendent with embroideries in gold and vari- colored silks; the designs are brilliant floral sprays and the gold is softened by the expanding flowers in emerald, blue and purple silks. ‘Trimmed and edged with gold galloon. EMBROIDERED SATIN DALMATIC Italian, XVII Century Companion to the preceding. EMBROIDERED VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish, XVI Century Brownish-red velvet with the soft sheen of time, having orphreys in gold embroidery picturing five saints, the figures appearing in silks of soft tones, and enclosing the Sacred Monogram. Two EmpBroIpERED DALMATIC PANELS Spanish, Renaissance Period Deep garnet velvet, the embroideries in gold on red satin; the designs are finely drawn, chiefly in scroll form with floral details which appear in colored silks. The borders are interlacing scrolls of a fine running design. SeT oF Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET PANELS Renaissance Period Crimson velvet with heavy gold embroidery, which includes a floral scroll border and a rectilinear panel also filled with scroll design and enclosing at centre a medallion, the ornamentation being birds with spread wings. Set OF Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET PANELS Renaissance Period Similar to preceding, except that the birds appear with young. Frencu WAISTCOAT OF GOLD BROCADE Louis XV Period Drap d’argent ground, through which runs a design of branching trees in gold; the trees blossom with roses and other flowers in silks of purple, blue, green and white. 61 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. S13. 314. 315. 270. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. BLUE VELVET COAT French, XVIII Century — Bleu-royal velvet with delicate sheen. Man’s coat with lace cutts. RoyAL PurRPLE VELVET COAT French, XVII Century Man’s coat of rich royal purple velvet cut in the style of the period. Cuffs and pocket flaps adorned with buttons in the same material. Royat PuRPLE VELVET WAISTCOAT French, XVII Century To match the preceding. SPANISH VELVET BURNOUS XVII Century Velvet of rich emerald hue and delicate sheen, paneled in a narrow gold galloon and having a narrow border of fringed gold and green galloon. : ‘Moorish VELVET ROBE XVII Century Velvet of rare and engaging rose-red with a brilliant shining lustre; gold galloon trimming. MoorisH VELVET RoBE XVIII Century Velvet of a pale apple-green with a wonderfully rich and variable sheen; trimmed with green silk braid interwoven with gold threads. DALMATIAN COSTUME XVII Century Velvet of rich ruby-red with a light sheen, heavily trimmed with gold galloon and with embroidered figures in gold thread; the figures are composite in scrolls and straight lines. HispANo-MorEsQquE VELVET GOWN AVIII Century Emerald-green velvet of brilliant sheen, simply trimmed with eae woven of emerald silk and gold thread. EMBROIDERED DALMATIAN COSTUME XVIII Century : Rich ruby velvet with a lovely sheen, embroidered in gold with conventional floral scrolls and further trimmed with lines of gold galloon lace. 62 Second Session qe eee ee eee ener eee eee en —ESV7070OEEee 323: 324. 325. 326. 327- 328. VELVET BANNER Spanish, XVII Century Velvet of royal purple hanging in two pendants drawn to a sharp point; the velvet has a delicate sheen and is trimmed with fringe. EMBROIDERED PRocESSIONAL UMBRELLA Italian, Louis XV Period Brilliant; with detached sprays of flowers in silks of delicate colors and in gold on white silk ground. Festooned border, each pendant continuing the embroideries of the cover and edged with gold fringe; golden tassels hang at each and between each two pendants. LarGe FRENCH BrocADE COPE AVII Century Bleu-de-ciel ground carrying adornment of Spanish amplitude in displays of fruits, leaves and flowers appearing in colors both rich and delicate and brightened by large areas of silver; hood in accord. Bordered with silver galloon. EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Italian, XVII Century Ruby-red velvet, the orphreys in old-gold embroidery relieved by silks of various colors and picturing six of the saints. VELVET Cope wiTH BRrocaDE OrPHREYS AND Hoop XVIT Century Amethystine velvet of rich tone and beguiling sheen, trimmed with silk brocade having a ground in accord with the velvet, adorned with cornucopias and floral devices and also with an escutcheon showing hands grasping floral sprays. Further trimmings of gold galloon and fringe. EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century Wine-red velvet with a soft sheen, the orphreys and hood being of emerald velvet of the same period and carrying seven repetitions of the Cross and Sacred Monogram. EMBROIDERED COPE Spanish Renaissance Rich olive-sreen damask patterned in a wealth of fine designs. The orphreys and hood embroidered in gold, silver and multicolored silks on a maroon satin ground. The hood ts embroidered with a representation of Saint Christopher in a medallion surrounded by floral scrolls and tendrils, and the orphreys have six saints all ex- cellently done. 63 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 329. 330. 331. 332. 333: 334: They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Cut VELveET TaBLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Ornamented in highly formal designs, mainly of floral origin, with occasional geometrical figures, the whole on an uncut ground. Gold galloon border. 3 feet square. VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period Golden-brown ground, adorned with a bold and vigorously executed lattice pattern which embraces floral designs. Yellow fringed bor- der. A museum specimen. Length, 3 feet; width, 22 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET BANNER Spanish, XVII Century | Rich velvet with a ruby sheen, heavily adorned with gold and silver embroidery; the designs are liliform and conventional and at the ‘top centre is a vase with serpent bands and three plumes crowning it. Gold galloon border. 3 feet 3 inches square. EMBROIDERED VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, XVII Century Velvet of a brilliant deep azure in color, with a luminous sheen, almost entirely covered by heavy embroidery in gold; the principal design four large cartouches in corners, branching from, or connect- ing with, a square of brocade in the centre in a lighter tone of blue with golden ornamentation. Broad border of the same embroidery. 3 feet square. VENETIAN BrocaADE TABLE COVER Louis XV Period Quadrilateral, with a narrow border of gold lace; silyery-white ground with a display of cornucopias, baskets of flowers and tree designs, boldly executed in gold, while smaller flowers in brightly colored silks fill the interspaces. 3 feet 3 inches square. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century Cut and uncut velvet in a golden-brown hue, patterned with floral scrolls, which are emphasized by small blossoms; this stands out from a glistening background of old-ivory. Gold galloon border. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 36 inches. 64 Second Session 335: 236. 337: 338. 339: 340. Cut aNnD Uncut Vetvet TABLE Cover’ French, XVII Century Old-rose ground, threaded by a lattice pattern in silvery-white, the lattice enclosing floral devices wrought in soft rose and emerald- green with fleckings of darker green. Gold galloon border. Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 9 inches. BROCADE ‘TABLE COVER Louis XV Period Ground of rose-red, damassé, carrying an ornamentation in gold and silver formed of detached floral sprays; the tulip design and scrolling leaves together with the pomegranate are conspicuous in it. 3 feet square. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVI Century Téte de négre velvet of rich quality, unornamented and bordered with gold galloon in a brocade pattern. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 36 inches. VENETIAN BrocaDE TaBLE COVER XVII Century Drap d’or ground, interwoven with a delicate tone of rose and relieved by silver, the whole in floral patterns of much dignity and great display; numerous floral scrolls appear in silks of soft colors. Gold galloon border. Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet 3 inches. Empossep VELVET TaBLE Cover Spanish, Renaissance Period Pigeon-blood-ruby velvet in three panels, the entire expanse given to an ornate decoration in floral forms embossed in cut velvet on the velvet ground. Broad border of gold galloon. Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. PERSIAN EMBROIDERY TABLE COVER XVII Century A rectangular field of a light atmospheric bleu-de-ciel is adorned in gold and silver embroidery picked out with details in silk with a handsome and bold floral pattern. The designs include large car- nations at the corners, pomegranates intervening, and the familiar tree device; connecting all is an interlacement of floral pattern. Wide border of crimson carrying floral scrolls in accord with the design of the field and similarly worked in gold and silver thread. 3 feet § inches square, 65 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 341. 342. 343. 344. 345- They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century Velvet of rich wine color and plain surface; the ornamentation being supplied by a broad wavy border of silver lace. 3 feet 2 inches square. EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Persian, XVII Century Soft wine-red velvet embroidered in silks, gold and silver, the recti- linear field with a foliated medallion of embroidery at the centre enclosing stellate and floral patterns of wide variety. The designs, all floral, are bounded by scrolls. Broad border of scrolls enclosing carnations, coniform figures and related designs. . Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. VENETIAN BrRocADE TABLE COVER AVIT Century The whole fabric carrying ornate and finely drawn pattern of floral origin displaying bold figures on a lattice ground and appearing in a pale atmospheric blue on a base of drap d’argent. Bordered with silver lace. Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. Cut VELVET BANNER Italian, XVII Century On the crimson velvet ground is an escutcheon of gold embroidery - surmounted by the Papal tiara woven in gold and silver. The escutcheon embraces a picture of Adam and Eve in silk embroidery; the figures are very carefully drawn and the effect of light on the sky is notable in contrast to the atmosphere and the features of the landscape. r | Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet. INDIAN SHAWL WovEN IN GoLp AND SitveR XVIII Century The delicate fabric is silk interwoven with gold and silver, the ground color a soft green-blue. The main ground is in a lattice pattern with small floral designs in the centre of the spaces, while at each corner of the field are variations of the curious tree pattern, in the manner so familiar in Oriental textiles; this is outlined in silver and across the ends are bands of the same design in larger proportions and worked both in silver and gold. In one corner is the signature of the maker. | Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 7 inches. 66 ee ed ee gt ke eR TE he en oe toes. mee hee ee ae ee a 6 ee ee Sad 9 dl ee ih ee ee =e er ; ois #, ~ i : Second Session ———— aaa, 346. JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVI Century 347: 348. 349- 350. 351. Embroidered in silks of rich color but sober tone on linen, the linen ground being of natural color. On this are formal ornamental patterns, among which a conventionalization of the pomegranate is conspicuous. The pomegranate is in a low tone of ruby-red, and on it is minor ornamentation of various forms and colors. Around the pomegranate swing great palm leaves embroidered in dark blue, red, green and various neutral tones and there is further indication of floral forms, partly naturalistic and partly conven- tionalized. The embroideries are in three broad panels. Length, 6 feet 11 inches; width, 3 feet 5 inches. PatR VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, Louis XV Period Glistening emerald velvet with a brilliant sheen, the field plain and unornamented. Broad border of gold galloon. Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width each, 3 feet 3 inches. JARDINIERE VELVET TABLE COVER Genoese, XVI Century Cut and uncut velvet in spacious floral design appearing in emerald and rose tones on a ground of rich golden-yellow; as well as the floral, a design of a crown appears conspicuously. Broad gold gal- loon border. Length, 4 feet 5 inches; width, 3 feet 8 inches. VELVET TABLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period Cut and uncut velvet of old-gold tone and a bright sheen, patterned ‘n consecutive narrow stripes; the stripes of the cut velvet alternate with uncut velvet of minute floral pattern and the whole is bor- dered with gold galloon. 4 feet 6 inches square. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period Rich ornamentation in emerald velvet, cut and uncut, the patterns detached floral sprays on a minutely latticed ground; the units of the design are in line on narrow stripes, which are conventionally patterned in velvet on a white ground. Gold galloon border. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. BrocaDE ALTAR FRONTAL Venetian, XVII Century Pale blue ground supporting a bold display of flowers and fruit in large clusters, all in neutral colors. Border of silver galloon. Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet. 67 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 352. FRENCH BRocADE TABLE COVER Louis XVI Period Ground of golden-apricot tone carrying an open lattice in white and silver, the intersections of the lattice pinned with blossoms and the squares enclosing formal designs combining the pomegranate, tulip and leaf motives. Fine border of silver lace. Length, 4 feet; width, x foot 3 inches. 353- JARDINIERE VELVET TABLE COVER Genoese, XVII Century Resplendent with rich floral designs of bold proportion, the carna- tion in conventional form appearing among them and also the conventionalized pomegranate; the whole in pale rose and rich crimson, emerald, golden-yellow and soft pink on a drap d’argent ground. Gold lace border. Length, 4 feet; width, 5 feet. 354. EMBROIDERED CASHMIR TABLE CoveR French, Louis XVI Period Mauve cashmir of delicate quality, heavily embroidered with a ribbon border in silver gilt and the border wound among garlands of flowers worked in point de chenille. ‘These flowers are pink and white and flanked by branching leaves of green, both with silver gilt embellishment. At the head of the cover are festoons of flowers of the same sort. Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet 3 inches. 355. JANINA EMBROIDERED MILLEFLEURS TABLE COVER XVII Century Embroidered in silk on linen in six columns of palmate figures; the colors are rich brown, sage-green, sapphire-blue, white, and golden- yellow and the ground is the natural color of the linen. Occupying the spaces between the larger palmate figures are character devices of smaller proportions. | Length, § feet 9 inches; width, 22 inches. 356. VELVET TABLE COVER | Spanish, Louis XV Period A rosy écru ground with a soft sheen is patterned with a floral lattice in rose pink velvet and golden-olive. Silk tasseled fringe border. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 357. VELVET TaBLe COVER French, Louis XVI Period Daintily designed in narrow stripes with minute ornamentation picked out in golden-yellow, red and green on a white ground. Of exceptionally fine quality. Gold galloon border. Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet. 68 oe ee a x 2 “Ss age Second Session 358. 359: 360. 362. 363. PoInT D’Honcrig TABLE COVER AVII Century On a very dark sapphire-blue ground a rich floral ornamentation in scrolled and blossomed designs, in tones of red, blue and green with an abundance of golden-yellow. Length, 7 feet; width, 4 feet 6 inches. SPANISH BROCADE PORTIERE XVIII Century The ground of soft pale emerald-green is enlivened by displays of flowers and fruit in golden-yellow, rose pink and a silvery-white. At the top a transverse band of slightly different but similar designs in more quiet colors and bordered by a gold fringe; the entire curtain bordered by gold galloon. Length, 7 feet; width, 4 feet. EMBROIDERED VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period Red velvet of soft tone with a border of embroidered appliqué, the designs of bold floral scroll with a cartouche at the corners sur- rounded by liliform designs. | 7 Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet 6 inches. DAMASK COVER ITALIAN, Renaissance Period A gorgeous piece, if the term gorgeous can be applied to so quiet a color as golden-olive. Golden-olive this fabric is with a delicate sheen; the ornamentation in large floral and geometrical figures. In the baffling designs are included coronets. Length, 8 feet; width, 6 feet 10 inches. SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER Louis XIV Period Rich coral-pink velvet with golden sheen, unornamented, surrounded by border of rich gold galloon in design of blossoms and a sinuous scroll. . Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet. SILK BROCADE COVER French, XVII Century A very brilliant textile fabric with a rich display of colors; the eround is a pale and quiet emerald against which the brilliant bouquets of many colors stand forth prominently. Flowers repre- sented are of large variety and are depicted in purple, green-gold, white and tones of mauve, and there is further floral enrichment executed in gold thread. Gold galloon border. Length, 6 feet 4 inches; width, § feet. 69 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 364. 365. 366. 367. 368. 369. 370. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. EMBROIDERED SATIN PIANO COVER Italian, XVII Century Rich crimson satin embroidered in gold and silver, together with silks of rich color; the designs in floral forms and scrolls. BrocaDE TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period The cover with a dazzling ornamentation of many and diversified floral forms, wrought in many colors on a ground of glowing golden- yellow. Bright gold galloon border. Length, 7 feet; width, 6 feet. EMBROIDERED DAMASK PORTIERE Italian, XVII Century Crimson field carrying an elaborate floral design and bordered by a broad band of embroidery; the embroidery a formal scroll of varied floral pattern worked in silks and gold, the whole appliqué on the damask ground. Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. BROCADE TABLE COVER Venetian, XVII Century Field of amethystine hue enlivened by an involved pattern of floral scrolling appearing in silver and gold. Broad border of Venetian silver and gold lace appliqué on linen. Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. EMBROIDERED SATIN BED COVER Louis XV Period Satin of a soft wine-red sheen ornamented with Manila embroidery in self and brilliant colors. The designs are floral and worked in scroll forms, the colors of great variety. Incidentally there are medallions bordered with floral sprays, which enclose unusual yer- sions of a coroneted coat of arms. Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 6 inches. FRENCH EMBROIDERED SATIN TABLE CovER Louis XV Period Silvery-white satin with a fascinating ornamentation in silks of delicate tones, the designs boldly drawn floral scree supporting clusters of flowers. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 9 inches. Rep DAMAsK BALDACCHINO Italian, Louis XIV Period Rich crimson damask with a regal pattern in highly conventional floral designs; bordered with silk passementerie. Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, 9 feet. 79 Second Session 371. 372. 373: 374- 375: 376. ITALIAN DAMASK BALDACCHINO Louis XIV Period Crimson damask of rich note patterned in formal floral designs; double borders and the whole edged with silk fringe. Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. FRENCH BrocavE PoRTIERE Louis XV Period Ground of ivory silk, patterned in vertical panels which are sepa- rated by mauve strips; panels divided by flowers and fruit clusters in waving branches of gold embroidery. Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 7 feet 4 inches. GREEN VELVET PORTIERE Spanish, XVII Century Velvet of deep green tones and a soft silvery sheen, brightened by a band of rich gold galloon. Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET THRONE HANGING Italian, XVII Century Red velvet of rich tonal quality with a sheen of ivory, finely embroidered in gold with delicate floral scrolls, disclosing the tulip and other conventional figures. At the centre of either side a tas- seled escutcheon surmounted by a crown. Gold galloon border. Length, 11 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. NEEDLEWORK BED COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period A cover of royal splendor in the colors reflected from the purely Renaissance border; almost dazzling with golden-yellow on a silvery-white ground, the brilliance offset by deep tones of red, blue and green. Patterns of flowers are freely handled and foliar scrolling. Incidentally appears a heraldic eagle. The broad border is flanked by two narrow ones of detached medallions and floral figures. Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED PorTizRE Italian, Renaissance Period A broad border framed in gold galloon is patterned with finely scrolling rich foliations and bulging cornucopias on a red ground. At the corners are cherubs holding sheaves of wheat; the cherubs have flying draperies of green, blue and brown adorned with em- broideries of gold. On the inner side the gold galloon border is repeated, framing a large parallelogram of soft rose-red, which is illuminated by a finely designed conventional pattern disclosed in drap d’argent. At the bottom hangs a gold knotted fringe of the period. Length, 8 feet; width, 6 feet. 7i Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 377: 378. 379: 380. 381. EMBROIDERED VELVET EccLesIAsTicAL Dats CovEeR Italian, XVII Century Of the richest of red velvet, having a really splendid decoration, symbolical as well as ornamental, in rich and brilliant silver and gold embroidery. A fabric designed for a Prince of the Church; at the corner of each of two sides a monstrance with adoring angels and surmounted by a crown; at the centres of the alternate sides, an hour glass winged, upheld by angels. At each corner an urn flanked by scrolls and strap work which connects with the adjoining centre figures. ‘The whole surrounded by a border of angular scrolls and short C-scrolls enclosing trefoils. Length, 16 feet; width, 13 feet. DAMASK TABLE COVER WITH EMBROIDERED BORDER | Italian, XVII Century Central rectangular panel of rich and brilliant rose-red, patterned in formal floral devices with fluted urns and crowns. Broad border embroidered in silks on linen net, the designs Florentine scrolls with intermingled blossoms, and the colors blue, mauve, green and white in a golden-bronze ground. Length, 12 feet; width, 8 feet. SPANISH EMBROIDERED PORTIERE XVIII Century Centre panel of bright golden-yellow silk moiré embroidered in bril- liant silks with tulips, carnations, lilies and other floral designs interlinked by scrolls. At the centre a medallion encloses a bird perched on branches. Broad border of similar embroideries on lace. The embroideries on both central panel and border appear the same on both sides. Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet. Lapy’s WaTTEAU CosTUME IN Two PIECES French, Louis XV Period Skirt and over-dress in delicate rose-pink silk with alternating stripes of white carrying brocaded ornament in small floral scrolls. Parr EMBROIDERY PANELS Italian, XVII Century White ground, embroidered with a brilliant display of flowers and birds executed in many colors. At the lower corners appear crowned escutcheons done in petit point. Fringed. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 42 Second Session eT 432. 383. 384. 1985. 38 6. 387. 388. POLONAISE VELVET COPE XVIII Century Ground of drap d’or with a rich and highly conventional decora- tion of cut velvet in a greenish-blue tone. The color is of interest- ing variation due to the vagaries of age and use. Trimmed with gold galloon. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVI Century Golden-yellow velvet of low tone in three panels separated by broad bands of gold galloon which also borders the whole fabric. Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. SeT oF THREE GENOESE VELVET BORDERS XVI Century Velvet of deep rich red with appliqué of gold galloon in eccentric design; long gold fringe. Length, 8 feet; depth each, 2 feet. Set oF Four EMBROIDERED VELVET BORDERS French, Louis XVI Period The velvet a glistening silver-blue, bordered on both edges with silver embroidery in conventional figures; at the centre a cartouche and on either side of it vases of tazza design within parallelograms. Length, 15 feet; width each, x foot 2 inches. Set oF SEVEN SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET LAMBREQUINS XVII Century Rich red velvet with a pigeon’s-blood-ruby sheen, heavily trimmed with gold embroideries arranged in ribbon scroll and embracing figures of stellate blossoms and leaf scroll forms. Lower edge festooned and trimmed with gold galloon lace. Approximately, 22 yards of velvet. ELEVEN Strips OF ITALIAN BROCATELLE Louis XIV Period Brilliant rose-red of soft tone patterned in formal floral figures of high elaboration. Strips, 26 inches wide; total length (approximately), 46 yards. SeT oF E1cGHT HANGINGS Italian, XVII Century Damask of a beautiful silver-blue, soft and glistening, wrought in large patterns of floral design and exhibiting small blossoms, leaves and scrolls. Silk tasseled fringe. Total length, approximately, 50 yards. 73 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 389. 390. 391. 392. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Lot or TEN Pieces oF GREEN DAMASK Italian, Louis XIV Period The pieces are various shapes and sizes and bordered with silk fringe. ‘The ornamentation is floral highly conventionalized and the fabric has a soft golden sheen. Approximate length of the wider pieces, 35 yards. Approximate length of the narrow pieces, 12 yards. Six Frret LAcE AND LINEN CurTAINS = Spanish, XVII Century Alternating bands of solid white linen and filet lace in designs chiefly floral, which are scrolled and enclose certain figures. Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet 10 inches. | SET OF E1gHT LAMPAS CURTAINS French, Louis XIV Period ~The ground a soft copper-red, lightly lustrous, carrying a florid ornamentation of finely designed floral forms executed in silver- white, delicate olive and soft golden-yellow. The rose of exagger- ated dimensions is the foundation for the ornamentation, which is completed by smaller flowers, large leaves and scrolling branches. A fabric of royal splendor. Length, 12 feet; width, each, 4 feet. Gros PoINT TAPESTRY WITH PETIT Point DETAILS English, XVI Century CHRIST AND THE WOMAN oF SAMARIA. At the well in the centre, the woman—a very modern looking woman—leans over the well! listening eagerly to Christ Who is seated on the opposite side. In the background are trees and a city with palaces, with swans swim- ming in a mill stream on the right. In the foreground on the left is a running lion, a leisurely unicorn, and a dog which is pursuing deer that appear on the right. The animals, the arms of the figures and other details are worked in petit point. Broad border of floral — scrolling in which the tulip, the pomegranate and the peony are conspicuous, and incidentally birds appear among the branches. The whole executed in quiet blues, greens and browns with ivory — and orange reliefs, and the border having a brown ground. Height, 6 feet 10 inches; length, 8 feet. - : 74 393- S04 395. Second Session FLEMISH TAPESTRY Louis XII Period A joyous scene of royalty, the whole made resplendent by brilliant coloring in which rose, gold, ivory and blue appear, softened by the faded green of fields in the foreground. At the centre is a chariot in which a figure is borne, to whom a crowned King on the right points with his hand, while he holds his sceptre at his hip. At the left a crowned Queen stands surrounded by a group who joyously sound the trumpets. At the centre of the foreground a youthful warrior carrying a sword looks attentively at the standing King. In the distance numerous villagers appear capering in bucolic jollity. Height, 7 feet 4 inches; length, to feet. FLEMISH TAPESTRY Renaissance Period A broad border of splendid flowers and centred by cartouches, executed in light, quiet colors on a deep brown ground, frames a picture of a palace park. The park is viewed through slender columns supporting an arch, and in the foreground stand two fig- ures, one on the left wearing a hunting knife and appearing to take departure from the companion figure on the right. Back of them are two women, standing before a fountain surrounded by garden plots, while in the background a mountainous landscape traversed by a river completes the distant view. The colors in the picture proper, are blue and white, with small areas of green and golden- brown. Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 8 feet 8 inches. VERDURE TAPESTRY Flemish, XVII Century At left and right receding lines of trees, converging and expos- ing at the background a distant landscape with architectural fea- tures. Between the lines of trees, a palace and a formal garden with fountains playing, pedestals at either side and a fountain in centre foreground. In the foreground before the trees stand urns from which spring flourishing shrubbery in blossom. The foliage of the trees is characteristically black and green, exhibiting branches in sunshine, which appear in ivory-white and golden-yellows. Sur- rounded by a border rich in flowers, executed in light colors with green reliefs, on a light golden ground. Length, 9 feet 5 inches; width, 8 feet. 75 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 396. 397. 398. 399: They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Pair FRENCH TAPESTRY PANELS Louis XV Period Gold field with elaborate ornamentation chiefly in white, red and gray. At the centre a crowned escutcheon under a draped canopy and perched upon it a squirrel and a macaw; in the place of the arms are cartouches with a spear and a hand grasping a sham- rock. The design by Bérain, includes at the sides of the escutcheon masks based upon volutes and garlands connecting these with the central decoration. Transverse volutes appear again at the top supporting baskets of flowers, and the field color is carried to the border as a ground and the border worked on it in design of a profusion of flowers in colors of the garden. Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet 4 inches. Roya Aususson Tapestry PANEL Louis XV Period On a knoll in the foreground a maid in rose, blue and white is seated, holding a basket of flowers in one hand while with the other she reaches toward a basket of fruit which a youth has brought to her. He is in blue, brown, rose and old-gold. The foreground around them is cleared except for clumps of herbage, while beyond them the landscape falls away to masses of trees which appear mainly in sunshine, and in the background are masses of architecture. A royal Aubusson tapestry woven largely of silk. Length, 8 feet; width, 4 feet 8 inches. PetTir Point TaprstTry English, XVII Century A religious fabric, having five large medallions on deep blue ground and with semi-Gothic border. ‘The central one pictures OUR LORD AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA, and the others THE FOUR EVAN- GELISTS. Intermediately the ground is a tawny color and worked with flowers, scrolls, escutcheons and other conventional figures in light and dark blue, white, green and red. Length, 7 feet; width, 6 feet. FLEMISH TAPESTRY Louis XII Period HERCULES AND DEIANIRA. A mythological subject represented on a spacious plan. On a balcony in the foreground female figures ap- pear; at right and left seated are Una and the unicorn, and Pomona with a cornucopia of fruit. In the centre is a seated bucolic figure with a lion and unicorn at either side. A large and very fierce [Continued 76 Second Session 399: 400. Concluded lion is about to spring upon the balcony from the right, while a strange bird perches in a corresponding place on the left. ‘Irees are in the centre of the composition and the background encloses on one side the contest of Hercules with the Centaur Nessus who has seized Deianira, and on the other side the figure of another Centaur and a woman prone, who holds a sword. In the farther background, coming from either side, figures appear carrying ban- ners and in the distance appears a castle on the bank of a stream, to which entrance is gained by a bridge. Fruit appears among the trees. On the capitals of the columns at left and right are masks above which appear escutcheons. ‘The whole in pale green, dark blue, ivory and burnt-orange, and the scene enlivened by a fore- ground of old-gold. Narrow border of ribbon scroll enclosing small blossoms. Height, 9 feet; length, 1x feet. FLEMISH ‘TAPESTRY XVI Century An elaborate composition picturing royalty in the centre of the foreground with supporters on the right and with men on the left running to the hunt. They pursue a stag which is almost ‘brought to bay by the hounds in the centre of the picture. In the background is a palace with gardens and pavilions and on the right villagers are dancing before a church. At the side of the stag the doe is taking to a stream pursued by dogs and also by hunts- men. The foreground is one of flowers and shrubs amid which the high personages stand, and the background is one of foliage relieved by sunlight. The whole scene is brilliant with golden- yellow, white and various light colors which contrast with the ver- dure of the background. Height, 7 feet; length, 10 feet. [END OF SECOND SESSION }4#- 77 % ; ‘ : " Z 2 ‘ j A> 1 ~~ b r f Sk en, TED SN 401. 402. 403. 404. 405. THIRD AND LAST SESSION SATURDAY, APRIL 10, AT 2:15 P. M. Catalogue Numbers 401 to 583 Inclusive 90 EMBROIDERED VELVET BAG French, XVIII Century Rich bleu-de-roi velvet with a prominent display of silver em- broidery; the embroidery takes the form of a fruit scroll. Surround- ing the edges of the bag and at the centre of each side, a formal figure involving similar motives. Height, 16 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET TALITH CASE XVII Century Red velvet, ornamented with gold embroidery in a floral scroll which follows the outline of the case and encloses escutcheons beneath crowns. ‘hese are embroidered in gold and silver and silks, and in one is a Hebrew inscription. EMBROIDERED CHALICE COVER XVI Century On a silken ground is represented Saint Cecilia at an organ, done in soft neutral colors and enriched with gold. Surrounding the central or picture panel is a border of fine design also embroidered in gold. Gold lace edging. 12 inches square. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. Book Cover IN Pornt DE CHENILLE EMBROIDERY English, XVI Century Rectangular, exhibiting on a white ground an intricate, ornate and most interesting mass of minute embroidery. The designs are of flowers and scrolls and are worked in silk thread of soft neutral tones enlivened by gold and silver. In the centre is the portrait figure of a Jesuit martyr, appearing at three-quarter length. Height, 7 inches; width, 5% inches. Parr EMBROIDERED CoLLARETTES Spanish, Renaissance Period Red velvet embroidered with floral design in gold and bordered with gold fringe. 79 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 406. 407. 408. 4.09. 410. rw eo They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. PatR EMBROIDERED COLLARETTES Spanish, Renaissance Period Green velvet embroidered with floral design in gold; border of gold lace with two long silk tassels. Pair EMBROIDERED VELVET COLLARS Spanish, Renaissance Period Bordered with heavy gold embroidery which encloses a red velvet field, itself embroidered in gold and silver with graceful designs. Parr EMBROIDERED COLLARETTES Spanish, Renaissance Period Floral design of exquisite precision, embroidered in colored silks and gold and silver threads and border of gold trimming. POLONAISE EMBROIDERY XVII Century A religious picture entirely of embroidery, including the ground- work. A rocky and mountainous landscape with numerous religious buildings scattered about, an indication of figures in cleared places, and in the centre of the foreground the seated figure of the Virgin; her halo is gilded and jeweled and she holds the Child in her lap, He wearing a jeweled crown. ‘The embroidery is in silver and gold, the lower foreground being entirely of gold, and a grazing flock and the Madonna’s robes are worked in blue, white and rose silk. Height, 12 inches; width, 9% inches. RICHLY EMBROIDERED BAG Russian, XVII Century Emerald green velvet, miter shape, heavily embroidered in silver with incidental enrichment of gold in wholly formal designs. At the apex is palmate design, and enclosed within scrolls below it are stellate figures, and also a design of trellis work. CuT VELVET BaG Italian, XVII Century Tulip designs and a basket of flowers, finely executed in cut and uncut velvet of olive and emerald tones on a drap d’or ground; the whole enlivened by borders and paneling in brilliant gold galloon. Depth, 18 inches. BROCADE CUSHION COVER Venetian, XVII Century Brilliant floral ornamentation in silver, green and scarlet picked out with more delicate colors, within a broad trimming of silver lace. 80 Yee ee Ler Third and Last Session TE — 413. SPANISH EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER XVII Century 414. 415. 416, 417. 418. 419. An heraldic escutcheon, with lions, is embroidered in tones of light blue, silver and rose on a rich and brilliant golden-yellow ground. Bordered with silver lace. Length, 24 inches; width, 25 inches. GENOESE JARDINIERE VELVET CusHION CoveR AXAVII Century Floral designs, executed in cut and uncut velvet in tones of emerald, rose and ruby ona drap d’or ground. Bordered with gold galloon. Length, 23 inches; width, 24 inches. Set or Six VELVET CusHion Covers Italian Renaissance Period Cut velvet of ruby tone on a ground of golden yellow; the designs, blossoms and leaves together with scrolls. Length, 19 inches; width, 18 inches. JARDINIERE VELVET CuHarR Back Genoese, XVII Century Floral forms of rich magnificence appear in cut and uncut velvet of bold color on a white satin ground. Gold galloon trimming. EMBROIDERED Hoop 1 Spanish, Renaissance Period Our Lord surrounded by His flock, which He is delivering into the charge of Saint Peter; the lettering on a scroll overhead has largely disappeared. The figures are in silks of soft tone appearing within a ground of gold. SPANISH GOLD EMBROIDERED CUSHION Renaissance Period Floral scrolls surround a central parallelogram which encloses a monogram. The pomegranate appears among other designs, and the whole is worked in gold thread on a ruby ground. Bordered with gold galloon. Length, 21 inches; width, 17 inches. VENETIAN GOTHIC VELVET PANEL Patterned with a crown and highly conventional floral forms wrought in rich maroon-colored velvet on a woven ground of silver threads enhanced at certain points by weaves of gold; bordered with gold fringe. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 12 inches. 81 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 420. ADT. 422. 423. 424. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Spanish, Renaissance Period Red velvet, heavily embroidered in gold, silver and silks of soft color, with formal designs embodying dolphins and winged dragons and overflowing cornucopias, paneled with gold galloon. Border of gold galloon lace. Length, 3 feet; width, 1 foot. EMBROIDERED PANEL Spanish, XVI Century THE CRUCIFIXION. Represented in embroideries of silk and gold, with angels arriving at either side of the Cross; two figures appear in architectural doorways below, one of these possibly the donor, the other a Bishop in the act of blessing. The whole in dull neutral colors. GoTHic EMBROIDERED Hoop Spanish Picturing the Saviour with Our Lady, seated above and between two kneeling figures, and other figures arising from the earth below; overhead, architectural details in soft colors. Gold fringe border. EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL PANEL Greek, XVI Century THE DEAD CHRIST. On a ground of deep rose-red satin the Body of Christ rests on the slab of a tomb, the arms of the Cross extended above Him. The Body is embroidered in soft brown and grayish silks and is haloed and enwrapped in gold embroidery. The Cross and the tomb are also in gold embroidery, while the slab is em- broidered in silver. Above are flying figures of angels, and the whole is surrounded by an embroidered border of gold lettering. Height, 20 inches; length, 26 inches. EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL PANEL Byzantine Style, XVI Century THE DESCENT FROM THE cross. Heavily embroidered in gold and silver, and more lightly in delicate silks on a maroon-red satin ground. Several figures appear besides the body of Christ, and at the corners are angels and evangelists, while above, the sun and moon are seen and the field is freely adorned with floral stars. Inscription in Greek lettering. Height, 20 inches; length, 24 inches. 82 : . Third and Last Session ge en Enna 425. 426. 427. 428. 429. 430. BrocaDE CUSHION COVER French, Louis XV Period Golden-brown ground, enriched with a brilliant floral display in characteristic designs wrought in silver and glowing silks; silver galloon border. EMBROIDERED BANNER MEDALLION Italian, XVII Century THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES. Our Lord and the Apostles are pictured in softly brilliant silks enriched with gold and genuine seed pearls; the immense throng, waiting to be fed, are pictured in silks of soft delicacy. Surrounded by frame of gold embroidery; at the top, festoons enclosing rosettes of genuine small pearls. PROCESSIONAL BANNER MEDALLION Italian, XVII Century OuR LORD AT THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF CANA. Pictured in silks of brilliant colors; the figures assembled at the table are skilfully drawn and brilliantly executed, the silken embroideries enriched with gold and genuine seed pearls. Above, the draperies are fes- tooned with gold and more genuine seed pearls, and still more of the pearls appear in the gold below. Surrounded by border of gold embroidery. Parr VELVET CUSHION COVERS Italian, Louis XV Period Floral designs, with grapes, birds and human figures in cut and uncut velvet of emerald tone with rare sheen on an ivory ground. Trimmed with gold galloon. PoLONAISE VELVET CUSHION COVER XVII Century Drap d’or ground, over which appears in graceful scrolls a design involving branches of blossoms and wavering leaves, executed in olive-green cut velvet. Bordered with gold galloon and fringe. VELVET CUSHION COVER Genoese, XVII Century Ruby-red velvet, with a soft sheen; edged with gold galloon. Length, 30 inches; width, 21 inches. 83 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 431. 432. 433: 434. 435: 436. 437: They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Spanish, XVII Century Roses, tulips and carnations, embroidered in various soft colors and gold on an olive ground; inscription in Hebrew at centre, embroid- ered in gold. Length, 25 inches; width, 22 inches. JARDINIERE VELVET CUSHION COVER Italian, XVII Century Bold and formal floral design in ruby, emerald and soft neutral colors on white ground. Edged with gold galloon. Length, 33 inches; width, 24 inches. EMBROIDERED Hoop Spanish Renaissance Period Point de Saint Cyr embroidery in gold, picked out with silks of soft tones picturing at centre Our Lady standing on the crescent moon and flanked by angels. VENETIAN Drap D’Or BrocaDE CusHION CovER : Louis XIII Period A gorgeous textile, woven in silver and silks on the gold ground; the designs are characteristic of the Venetian, and include certain naturalistic floral forms with designs of high convention. The colors, while strong in themselves, are lost in the golden glow of the whole fabric. Gold galloon border. Length, 34 inches; width, 21 inches. Four VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century Dark red velvet, with variable sheen divided into three panels by strips of gold galloon and bound by border of same. Pair SPANISH EMBROIDERED ORPHREYS - Renaissance Period Rich and elaborate fabrics, displaying ornamental scrolling of finest design surrounding oval panels of Biblical subjects, one The An- nunciation, the other ‘he Adoration of the Shepherds, most beau- tifully executed in needle painting. The whole fabric is resplendent with gold, the rich tones being relieved by silks of blue, green and white. Height, 19 inches; width, 21 inches. ITALIAN VELVET TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Emerald-green cut and uncut velvet, its ornamentation conventional floral forms; rich and brilliant sheen. Silver galloon border. Length, 3 feet 3 inches; width, 21 inches. 84 438. 439. 440. 441. 442. Third and Last Session UNIQUE EMBROIDERED PICTURE Elizabethan Period CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA AT THE WELL. He is seated, and she stands holding her pitcher and in conversation with Him. The figures and all the accessories are in silver and heavy gold embroidery; on the right are the Apostles, who make the amazing discovery, and in the background appears the city. Details include trees and birds in them, animals and a coiled serpent. VENETIAN EMBROIDERED ‘TABLE COVER Renaissance Period The embroidery in brilliantly colored silks spangled with metal on a ground of fine linen. At the centre, a quadrangular panel outlined in gold and embroidered in designs of running deer, a standing lion, birds and flowers, all connected with golden scrolls of fine line. Around this central panel the entire surface of the cover is occupied by finely drawn embroidered designs which include vases of flowers in great variety and birds perched on branches. Border of gold fringe. A fabric for a museum. 3 feet square. FRENCH SILVER BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XIII Period A textile of marvelous brilliance and a museum example; the orna- mentation an involved design of floral origin and worked out with scrolling. Leaf patterns appear with frequency, and sprays of small blossoms with the petals spread and outstanding. All in silver of pristine brilliancy on a drap d’argent ground. Border of silver- gray silk tassels. Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. EMBROIDERED SILKEN BANNER Italo-dustrian, XVIII Century Broad border of silver embroidery in finely executed designs of leaf and fruit motive; at the centre, an escutcheon flanked by the Austrian eagles and supporting the order of the Golden Fleece. Executed in gold and silver embroidery and silks of delicate colors. GENOESE VELVET TABLE COVER AVII Century Dark red velvet with a maroon sheen appears in an abundance of floral decoration, the velvet both cut and uncut on a ground of drap d’or. Border of gold galloon. 1 yard square. 85 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 443. 444. 445. 446. 447. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. ECCLESIASTICAL BANNER Italian, Renaissance Period On a ground of ruby velvet having a soft and glistening sheen, a seated figure of Our Lord, holding a chalice and the Host, is mounted in gold embroidery; for relief, a few details are embroid- ered in silks. Gold galloon border and gold fringe. Height, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED PANELS Renaissance Period A central panel of red velvet is ornamented with heavy gold and silver embroidery in floral design. Deep border, embroidered in gold. Length, 24 inches; width, 14 inches. PANEL OF ENGLISH GOTHIC EMBROIDERY On a cruciform figure of embroidery on a ground of green damask the Crucifixion is represented. Above is the figure of God the Father, and at the extremity of the arms of the Cross two saints, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, while at the knees of the Cross stand Our Lady and Saint John, with saintly figures looking over their shoulders; at the base of the Cross are two more standing figures of saints. The embroideries are in color, on a ground of crimson silk enriched with gold thread. GoD EMBROIDERED CAPARACON DE CHEVAL Spanish, XVII Century Emerald velvet, with an extraordinarily rich adornment in gold and silver embroidery; the fleur-de-lys is contained in the ornamen- tation, as well as bold scrolls and formal floral figures. Bordered with silk and gold fringe. Three pieces, saddle-cloth and two holsters. Pair EMBROIDERED BORDER PANELS Spanish Renaissance Period On a brilliant ground of cerulean satin is embroidered a highly formal floral scroll, designed with precision and having small ten- dril scrolls branching from it; this in gold ground with a golden cord outline, accented by lines in crimson silk. Narrow border, done in a cord and gold lace trimming. Length each, 28 inches; depth, 10 inches. 86 Third and Last Session ee 448. 449. 450. 451. 452. 453- BYZANTINE EMBROIDERED STOLE Purple velvet, having figures of Christ, Our Lady, and ten saints embroidered in red, blue, mauve and golden-yellow silks; each of the figures bearing the name in Greek letters. ‘The panels individ- ually, and the stole as a whole, bordered with gold galloon. Turee Borpers oF ENGLISH EMBROIDERY Queen Anne Period Floral embroidery in silks of many colors on a white silk ground ; the designs include roses, carnations, sweet-peas and morning- glories. Border of tasseled silk with Vandyck fringe. Length of two, 7 feet 10 inches; depth, 15 inches. Length of third, 5 feet 6 inches; depth, 15 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET BORDER Spanish Renaissance Period Green velvet of rich tone, embroidered in bold patterns with con- ventional floral designs, some of them naturalistic, in golden-yellow, rose and white, outlined with ropes of gold pellets and lozenging. Border of or olive paillé in similar workmanship. Length, 11 feet; depth, 11 inches. Cut VELVET BALDACCHINO Spanish Renaissance Period Cut velvet of delicate and rich sheen, patterned in brilliant floral designs in cut velvet; silk fringe border. Length, 9 feet; depth, 22 inches. EMBROIDERED BORDER Spanish Renaissance Period Remarkably fine design of floral scrolling in heavy bands of old- gold on the cerulean ground, and with outlines of golden cord. Deep gold fringe. Length, 6 feet; depth, 12 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET ANTIPENDIUM Spanish Renaissance Period Red velvet, of rich and soft quality, embroidered in a spirit of magnificence with rich foliations and arabesques executed in gold and silver, with incidental reliefs in blue, gold and yellow silk. Amid the bolder foliations are numerous scrolling tendrils, and the whole is bordered with heavily embroidered gold galloon and a long gold fringe. Height, 19 inches; length, 11¥% inches. 87 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 454. 455. 456. 457: 458. 459. 460. 461. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. BRUSSELS TAPESTRY PANEL Renaissance Period Verdure decoration, illuminated by trees kissed by sunlight on a ground of soft and dull old-gold. Wild animals are represented in ivory, soft rose, fawn color and dark blue almost black. The border of formal design surrounds the entire panel, the colors in accord with those of the field decoration. Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 1 foot 9 inches. SPANISH RosE PoInrT COLLAR XVII Century Exquisitely wrought floral designs of fine variety, edge ajouré. SPANISH RosE PoINT COLLARETTE AVITI Century Wrought in bold floral scrolls enclosing centres of exquisite design; edge ajoure. FLOUNCE OF POINT DE VENISE A LA ROSE XVI Century The whole in very dainty designs, floral in their origin. Length, 2 yards 4 inches; depth, 10 inches. POINT DE VENISE COLLAR XVI Century In bold design finely wrought, the inspiration floral in execution, both delicate and bold. SPANISH RosE PoINT BoRDER XVII Century The design a floral entanglement exquisite in its intricacy and re- lieved by boldly worked elements, also floral in their origin; the tone a soft ivory white. Length, 3 feet 8 inches; depth, 12 inches. SUPERB POINT DE FRANCE FLOUNCE Louis XV Period Worked in floral designs of exquisite execution, the larger foliations gracefully scrolling and supporting small offshoots of flowers and fruit; interspersed are vases of flowers, and the lower edge is fes- tooned with floral rosettes and other patterns. Length, 3 yards 12 inches; depth, 21 inches. VENETIAN GoLtD Lace BorRDER Renaissance Period Gold lace-work in finely wrought floral designs, boldly exhibiting interlacing scrolls, together with the accompanying leaves and blossoms; in two tiers, mounted on a singularly agreeable coral- covered moiré silk. Length, 9 feet; width, 17 inches. 88 Third and Last Session a SN 462. 463. 464. 465. 466. 467. LACE AND EMBROIDERED ALTAR FRONTAL Spanish Renaissance Period The lace exhibiting large vases, large animals and arboreal figures; the wine-colored embroidery exhibiting design of birds, dragons and cornucopias alternating with floral forms. Silk fringe border in two tones. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; depth, 2 feet 4 inches. SPANISH LACE ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period White filet of heavy type, in animalistic patterns intersected by floral designs. Border in blue and white, worked with procession of birds, heraldic figures of large birds, dragons, tree and flower designs. Edged with silk fringe. Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet. VENETIAN GOTHIC ALTAR FRONTAL The designs disclose conventional floral medallions set off within Gothic tracery and various conventional medallions of smaller dimensions. Deep, pointed edge. Length, 9 feet; depth, 2 feet 4 inches. Firet Lace AND LINEN BORDER Spanish, XVII Century Alternating bands of solid white linen and filet lace in designs chiefly floral, which are scrolled and enclose certain figures. Rare Firet Lace Taste Cover Spanish Renaissance Period Wide dividing band and border of fine filet; at ends, large squares formed of the filet in numerous conventional designs of floral origin mingled with fine scrolls, and equal squares of sheerest linen, each with central medallion of filet, the whole surrounded by tiny guipure edge. Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet. Firet Lace ALTAR FRONTAL Spanish Renaissance Period Runner in figure design, both human and animal and large and small. ‘Two narrow borders of conventional floral figures, alter- nating with pairs of animals. Length, 10 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 89 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 468. 469. 470. 471. 472. GotTuic LAcE CURTAIN Venetian Longitudinal plain panel, interrupted by strips of punto tagliato, its pattern exhibiting fascinating designs, both of floral tracery and chevron patterns. Hand-knotted, festooned fringed edge at- tached by hand. Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet. VENETIAN GotTHic LACE CURTAIN Linen field in three panels connected by narrow lace strips, the whole surrounded by a broad network of lace which finishes with a border in Vandyck points. Length, 9 feet; width, 7 feet 6 inches. SPANISH FILET LAcE ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period Ornamentation is on a magnificent scale, the designs large vases, birds and winged figures; in one wide longitudinal panel a similar panel is adorned with quaint equestrian figures equipped with fal- cons and followed by bowmen, and interspersed with these are fig- ures of small birds, leaf sprays and rigid conventional designs. A third panel, somewhat narrower, depicts a long procession of horses, and between the horses are small birds and small quadrupeds. Border of long points and tassels. Length, 9 feet; depth, 4 feet. SUPERB PoINT DE VENISE BED CovER APPLIQUE ON FINE LINEN Louis XV Period Extensively ornamented, both in border and in the body, in charac- teristic floral designs of great beauty, bordered by narrow appliqué. Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. SUITE OF RosE Point BED DRAPERIES Venetian, Renaissance Period Four baldacchino borders and one coverlet. Almond-green silk of entrancing sheen, having appliqués of white rose point with floral patterns of exceeding richness. The designs are both leaf and flower form, and appear in simple scrolls and a broad entanglement of these scrolls. Borders: Length, 2 yards; depth, 17 inches. Coverlet: Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. Third and Last Session ean eann enn aaa 473: 474. 475: 476. 477: Parr VELVET CUSHIONS Louis XVI Period Ornamentation in bands, the designs appearing in bright green and dark red cut velvet on a ground of drap d’or. The ornamentation is in long scrolls of leaf-form, with branching blossoms. Length, 4 feet; width, 1 foot 10 inches. GENOESE VELVET PANEL Louis XV Period Ground of dull golden-yellow, with a brilliant floral decoration in cut and uncut velvet, emerald-green and purplish red. The field is centred by a large medallion in a floral framing and is surrounded by further floral scrolling. Border of velvet in the same tones, and framed by waved scrolling of minute lace-work. The velvet has appliqué work also in the outline of the central medallion. Length, 4 feet 5 inches; width, 2 feet. Two JARpINIzkrE VELVET TaBLE Covers Genoese, XV II Century A floral pattern, naturalistic in its design, appears in light ruby yelyet over a diamond lattice of emerald-green. A central foliated medallion appears in the same colors, and at its centre an oval medallion supporting four crescent moons, probably having heraldic reference. At the centre of the lattice are quadrants outlined in the emerald and adorned with a floral spray in ruby. Narrow border of scroll, deriving from the pomegranate. Length, 4 feet 7 inches; width, 27 inches. SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century Téte de négre velvet, unornamented and of a rich quality, the whole surrounded by a brilliant gold galloon border. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. Four GENOESE VELVET CUSHION COVERS Louis XV Period Their ornamentation a magnificent floral display, in a large central figure, and four corner ornaments; these appear in cut and uncut velvet in tones of rose, ruby, emerald and white on a ground of cloth of gold. The central design includes a lattice ground, and the flowers displayed include the carnation, rose, tulip and white violets. The whole is bordered with a floral design in accord with the central field and having the same cloth of gold ground. Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 25 inches. g!I Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 478. 479: 480. A481. 482. ITALIAN VELVET PANEL Renaissance Period A very rare example in velvet of soft mulberry tone on a drap d’or ground, the tone of the ground now grayed by time. The designs in the velvet are grotesque animalistic heads, a rigid ornamental scroll, bird figures and small floral designs. Complex border, sim- ilarly executed. A museum specimen. Length, 5 feet; depth, 21 inches. FRENCH JARDINIERE VELVET PANEL Louis XIII Period Superb floral ornamentation, chiefly in rich crimson and emerald- green, but with some of the blossoms exhibiting graduated colors of delicate tone passing through the grays and vanishing on the drap d’argent ground. Among the designs, all in cut and uncut velvet, are poppies, lotus flowers and small berries, the whole sur- rounded by a sinuous border in which clusters of cherries appear in red, alternating with green leaves on the same silver ground. An extraordinary production of the Royal Manufactory and one of the finest examples of French jardiniere velvet. A museum speci- men absolutely. Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet. VELVET TABLE COVER French, Louis XV Period On a ground of drap d’argent having a soft brilliance, the semi-de- tached floral patterns appear in cut and uncut velvet of a soft and brilliant rose-pink hue; the designs suggest an oak leaf and acorn, highly conventionalized. Gold lace galloon border. Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 25 inches. GENOESE VELVET PANEL AVII Century Cut and uncut velvet with a satin ground, the baffling color a bluish green; the designs are overhanging floral forms, together with branching leaves. Border of gold galloon. Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet. Pair SPANISH EMBROIDERED OVERDOORS Renaissance Period Wine-red velvet; bordered at the top with gold galloon, the fes- tooned bottom hung with a golden fringe; the velvet decorated in panels with silver embroidery in floral designs of high elaboration. Length, each, 3 feet 5 inches; depth, 2 feet. 92 Auer. she at Se eee 7 oe ee ty owl an ba! c] Yai _ Third and Last Session a 48 3. 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. Pair VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century Olive-green velvet, with a delicate sheen. Border of gold galloon. Length, 4 feet 3 inches; width (each), 2 feet. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period In cut and uncut velvet of emerald tones on a silver ground appear numerous floral sprays of high conventionality, some of them branching scrolls; softly brilliant sheen. Trimmed with gold galloon. Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet. VELVET TABLE STRIP French, Louis XV Period Ground of a rich aubergine hue, threaded by a lattice pattern of irregular outline having a gold ground. At the intersections are implanted leaves of mulberry hue and the interstices of the lattice exhibiting bunches of grapes in varied colors on a gold ground. Silver lace trimming. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, i foot 8 inches. FRENCH BROCADE TABLE COVER Louis XV Period On a varied ground of emerald-green satin, an affluent display of garlands wrought in tones of brilliant rose, ruby, white, silver and gold. Gold lace border in shell pattern. Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 21 inches. SPANISH BROCADE TABLE COVER Louis XIII Period Patterned with a profusion of flowers worked in silver, emerald, gold and soft brown on a remarkable ground of flame color. Silver lace border. Length, 6 feet; width, 22 inches. BROCADE TABLE COVER French, Louis XV Period A textile of splendor with an expansive display of large exotic fruits, sprays of leaves and flowers, the whole appearing in silver and soft tones of silk on a ground of vague bleu-de-ciel tone. Border of silver lace of varied pattern. Length, 8 feet; width, 21 inches. FRENCH VELVET TaBLE COVER Louis XV Period Cut and uncut velvet of golden-pink hue in floral design on a drap d’argent ground. Gold galloon lace border. Length, 6 feet; width, 25 inches. 93 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 490. 491. 492. 493- 494. 495- 496. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VENETIAN BROCADE TABLE CENTRE AVIT Century Flowers detached and in groups are conventionalized in formal designs and executed in silks of many quiet colors on a ground of grayish brown sparkling with silver and gold. Silver lace border of fine design. Length, 6 feet; width, 22 inches. ITALIAN SILK BROCADE TABLE CENTRE AVII Century Brilliant rose-silk ground with its own damascened pattern, and made gorgeous by an extensive display of gold and silver brocade. The gold and silver are found in conventional patterns, also in floral scrolls, and the field is further enlivened by flower and fruit designs in brightly colored silks. Border of gold galloon lace. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. SPANISH SILVER BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XIV Period Resplendent in patterns of fruits and flowers in a variety of neutral tones, heightened by silver on a ground of light bleu-de-ciel; bound with silver fringe exhibiting shell pattern. Length, 8 feet; width, 12 inches. Pair Ruspy VELVET TABLE CENTRES Spanish, XVII Century Large oblong central panel, and at either end two small square panels, and the whole bordered with gold galloon; the ends with a festooned border of gold fringe. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. FRENCH BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XIV Period Wondrously rich garlands of flowers and fruits, some of them, bursting from conch shells, glisten in gorgeous colors emphasized by areas of silver, on a ground with a soft tone of old-gold. Silver galloon lace border. SPANISH VELVET TABLE CENTRE Louis XV Period A solid strip of beautiful emerald-green velvet, with a border of gold galloon of ornate pattern. Length, 8 feet; width, 22 inches. PatR EMBROIDERED DAMASK PANELS Spanish, XVII Century Crimson damask finely patterned, embroidered in many-colored silks with flowers, scrolls, birds, shell patterns and chimeric jars. Length, 6 feet; width, 28 inches. 94 Third and Last Session ee LE 497. 498. 499- 500. gol. 502. 503- GREEN VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century Emerald-green; wonderful color; collector’s piece. Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. VELVET TABLE STRIP Italian, XVII Century Velvet of the most delicate atmospheric blue with a silvery sheen, bound with gold galloon. The color of a most rare tone. Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet. Four VELVET OVERDOORS Spanish, XVII Century Rich ruby velvet, cut and uncut, patterned in bold floral design with intermediate lesser figures. The sheen of the whole is of a remark- able quality. Paneled and bordered in gold galloon; bottom has gold fringe. Length, 5 feet 4 inches; depth, 22 inches. GotTuic VELVET BANNER Shield shape, the top with a festooned border of Gothic design; the whole of rich deep ruby-red velvet with the pigeon’s blood sheen. Two EMBROIDERED VELVET Datmatics Spanish, XVI Century Velvet of rich red with a purplish sheen, having elaborate em- broidery in colors and gold; the ornamentation is in panels of dark. purple velvet on which the designs appear in silks and gold and silver with a golden-yellow ground. Birds and foliar scrolls are among the designs, also a medallion enclosing a vase of lilies and a similar one enclosing an ecclesiastical escutcheon. EMBROIDERED VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish Renaissance Period Velvet of rich wine-red with a delicate lustre, embroidered in gold and silver with liliform scrolls, branching designs of floral motif, fruit scrolls and rigid formal figures. Two EmBROIDERED VELVET DatmatTic PANELS Spanish Renaissance Period Wine-red velvet with a soft sheen, the embroideries in gold and silver with dignified and graceful floral scrolling of formal design; the borders are wrought in particularly effective forms of golden leaves. 95 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 504. 505. 506. 507, 508. 509. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. GREEN VELVET DALMATIC Italian, XVI Century Emerald-green velvet of rich and deep tone with a bright sheen; trimmed with gold galloon. Two EMBROIDERED VELVET Datmatics Spanish, XVI Century Velvet of a clear and rich wine-red, embroidered in gold and silver with scrolls of golden vines, liliform flowers and enclosing car- touches picturing two of the evangelists in which color appears with gold; similar embroideries on the arms and enclosing the Sacred Monogram in Greek form. VELVET DALMATIC WITH GOLD EMBROIDERIES Italian, XVI Century Embroidered green velvet, trimmed with gold and silver galloon and carrying large panels of gold embroidery ornamented and re- lieved by silks of green and red; the designs include cartouches and floral scrolls, intricately drawn and interwoven. VELVET DALMATIC WITH GoLD EMBROIDERIES Italian, XVI Century Embroidered green velvet, trimmed with gold and silver galloon and carrying large panels of gold embroidery ornamented and re- lieved by silks of green and red; the designs include cartouches and floral scrolls, intricately drawn and interwoven. VELVET CHASUBLE WITH GOLD EMBROIDERY Italian, XVI Century Deep green velvet, with orphreys woven in gold and colored silks making a truly magnificent display; the subjects pictured in them include, besides the Madonna and saints, the Adoration of the Shep- herds and the Kings. Trimmed with gold galloon. CAUCASIAN COSTUME XVII Century A coat of royal purple velvet, elaborately trimmed with gold em- broideries and galloon picked out with colored silks; in the orna- mentation of the breast, frogs of gold galloon are adorned with rosettes of silver centred by small coral beads and trimmed with gold tassels. | 96 Piss: t p. 2 Third and Last Session re RE nS 510. [Age Fis. 513. S14. 515. 516. 517. VELVET CEREMONIAL ROBE XVII Century Velvet with a deep garnet-purplish tone, having a soft sheen and trimmed with gold galloon. VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century Velvet of rich and deep olive-green with a soft sheen; the color of a rare quality. Trimmed with gold galloon. VELVET COPE Spanish, XVII Century Coral-red velvet, with a delicate pinkish sheen; an exquisite fabric. Trimmed with rich gold galloon. GREEN VELVET COPE Renaissance Period Emerald-green cope, extra fine color, rich galloon. SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Renaissance Period Deep garnet velvet, with the orphreys embroidered in gold in a columnar design with details of vases, bird figures and floral scrolls; border of S-scrolls picked out with blossoms. EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Spanish Renaissance Period Velvet of a lovely Botticelli green with a golden sheen, the hood and orphrey in gold embroidery with silken details, and picturing Saint Paul in an architectural setting and a figure of Our Lord. EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Spanish Renaissance Period The velvet a rich red with brilliant sheen, the orphreys and hood elaborately embroidered in gold and colored silks. In the orphreys are pictured Our Lord attended by cherubim, and at His either side three saints—St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Augustin, St. Rocque, St. Lucy and St. Barbara; on the hood, Our Lady holding the Child in her arms, St. John at her knee. The hood with gold fringe. GREEN VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century Deep olive-green velvet with a golden sheen. Trimmed with gold galloon. 97 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 518. 519. 520. §22. 523. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century Velvet of a soft Botticelli green with a brilliant sheen of golden tone, trimmed with gold galloon. GOLD-EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Italian, Louis XV Period White satin, with elaborate gold embroideries, their designs char- acteristic of the Louis Quinze period; they appear in magnificent display, surrounding a crowned escutcheon done in the same em- broidery and having a silver field of bleu-de-ciel tone. ‘The es- cutcheon carries a mailed arm holding a torch transfixed and a bouquet of roses worked in silk above three fleurs-de-lys. Trimmed with gold lace. Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. EMERALD VELVET TABLE COVER Louis XV Period Velvet a rich bleu-royal with a fine and illusive sheen; the embroid- ery is of silver and of highly conventional ornate floral design. The scrolls include the pomegranate device and areas of fine trellis- work. ‘he embroidery is entirely in the border, which is enlarged at the corners. 3 feet square. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish Renaissance Period On a silver-white ground a floral pattern, based on the tulip design but varied, and supporting blossoms and scrolling tendrils, stands out in crimson velvet, cut and uncut. Gold galloon border. Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 28 inches. BrRocaADE ‘TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century Ground of rose-citron hue, supporting bold patterns of floral de- sign, some distinct and others connected by a form of bold scrolling; the patterns have their origin in flowers and fruits and seem to reveal also fungus or cloud patterns. Colors are reds, blues, greens, pinks and deep brown. Gold galloon border. Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet 4 inches. VENETIAN GoLD BrocADE TABLE COVER XVII Century The ivory ground is completely covered by bold formal designs wrought in gold, rose-apricot and violet-gray; gold galloon lace border. Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet. 98 Third and Last Session a 524s 525. 526. 527: £28; 529. FrencH Brocade TABLE COVER XVII Century A fabric of gorgeous color, the resplendent designs including fruit motives and balcony grilles; these are worked in deep crimson, light bleu-de-ciel, as well as deeper cerulean tones, on a pale purple ground, with additional adornment of what is sometimes called ths pineapple motive. Border of silver lace galloon. Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. Gotp BrocaDE TABLE COVER Venetian, XVII Century On an ivory-white ground diapered in delicate patterns is a gor- geous display of floral compositions worked in rich crimson, dark and delicate purples, emerald, blue, and silvery white silks and gold threads. The display is rich and added to by festoons. Gold trimming. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet. SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period Crimson satin, covered with gold and silver embroideries in de- tached designs, some floral of high conventionality and some in the form of detached scrolls; trimmed with gold fringe. Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, XVII Century Crimson velvet, of extraordinary richness of color and exhibiting a delicate sheen; paneled and bordered with narrow gold fringe trimming. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet. VENETIAN BrocaDE TABLE COVER XVII Century The whole fabric a display in gold and silver of highly conventional leaf scrolls on a dark crimson ground; the alternation of the gold and silver is particularly effective. Border of gold galloon. Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet 5 inches. VENETIAN BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XV Period Ground of drap d’argent supports a variety of floral patterns in silks of delicate colors. Included among the designs are sprays of flowers and clusters of fruit; the colors are, in the main, emerald green, vicux-rose hues, heliotrope and blue. Border of silver bro- caded galloon. Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 9 inches. 99 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 530. $3I. 532. 533: 534 535: They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL Italian, XVII Century Red velvet of bright tone, paneled and bordered with gold galloon and carrying an additional border of gold fringe; the central panel ornamented in gold and silver embroideries with an escutcheon supported by lions, its centre of red silk and carrying a pendant in blue silk and gold. Length, 7 feet; depth, 3 feet. VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period Emerald velvet, gloriously rich in hue and carrying delicate but brilliant sheen. Bordered with silver galloon in a precise brocade pattern. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 5 inches. VELVET CourT MANTLE Spanish, XVII Century Red velvet with ruby sheen, bearing near its edges the impress of its original embroidered decoration, which was of scrolls with branching leaves. ‘Trimmed with gold galloon.. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. Two VELveT TABLE COVERS Italian, XVI Century Iimerald-green velvet with light sheen, and carrying a border of silver embroidery in scrolls and designs of similar character. Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. SET OF Four VELVET PANELS Itahan, XVIII Century Cut and uncut velvet of a most delicate bluish tone on a drap d’argent ground; the designs are blossoms, floral scrolls and archi- tectural brackets. Length, 9 feet; width each, 2 feet. PatR EMBROIDERED PANELS Italian, XVII Century Solid embroidery in satin and an infinite variety of other stitches, in silks of numerous soft colors and in gold threads. ‘The designs include birds perched on scrolling vines, bunches of grapes, butter- flies and animals, and at one end a satyr as an atlantes supporting large urns garlanded with fruits. A part of the embroidery quilted, including the spear-head border. Extraordinary productions and, so far as known, unique. | Length, 10 feet; width, each 2 feet. 100 Third and Last Session ce se PS SE SE LT SS a 536. 537:> 538. 539- 540. Pair EMBROIDERED PANELS Italian, XVII Century Conspicuous in the solid mass of ornamentation are medallions flanked by bearded masks, two containing animals and two birds. Besides these there are brilliant floral designs of bold execution, the details of the flowers worked out in silks, brilliant yet soft in color, within a ground of gold threads. Among the fruit designs are bunches of grapes and pomegranates and small mascarons; shell patterns are also introduced. Have long gold fringe. Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, each, 2 feet 6 inches. Two FRIirzes OF SPANISH EMBROIDERY XVII Century In five panels each and bordered with a jardiniére fringe. On a ground of golden-yellow satin, irises and peonies are embroidered in emerald-green, yellow, mauve, white and a gray-brown enriched with scrolling in silver. Length, 23 feet 6 inches; depth, 2 feet 3 inches. SPANISH EMBROIDERY ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period On white satin with a backing of linen; the embroideries are in silks of various colors finely designed in floral forms, scrolls and conventional figures, including birds. ‘The ornamentation is in a broad band at the top, followed by a subsidiary band festooned across the fabric and in a large field below. In this field the central ornamentation is a medallion embroidered with flowers and pic- turing St. Francis at his devotions. Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. DaMAsSK ALTAR FRONTAL Italian, Renaissance Period Emerald-green damask of an exquisitely soft color, adorned with gold embroidery appliqué; the designs stellate and floral in outlines of gold thread ona ground of golden tone. The embroidery figures in panels and in a border, and the frontal has a broad golden fringe. Length, 7 feet; depth, 3 feet 6 inches. EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Spanish Renaissance Period Crimson velvet, heavily embroidered with fine design of scrolls, conventionalized flowers and fruits, and at the centre a coat of arms; the embroidery is in silver, gold and silks. The lower edge of the panel is banded with gold embroidery. Length, 9 feet; depth, 24 inches. IOI Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 541. 542. 543- 544. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL WITH SILVER EMBROIDERIES Spanish, XVII Century Dark red velvet, heavily overlaid with rich and elaborate silver embroideries; the designs include large vases with flowers and fruits scrolling from them, conventions of the pomegranate and the tulip appearing conspicuously. The vases themselves are of ornate pattern, with scrolling handles of high convention. The top border is similarly ornamented, but the pomegranates there are flanked by long, serrated scrolling leaves. Under the top border is a festooned border within the field, the festoons being intersected by bell-shaped drops. Gold galloon and gold fringe trimming. Length, & feet; depth, 3 feet. IsPAHAN JARDINIERE VELVET RUG Persian, XVI Century Rectilinear field of drap d’or ground with a floral adornment iri- descent in the variety of its hues. The designs are characteristic of the nationality and the period, and are wrought in gracefully scrolling form, the tulip being at the base of the design and small blossoms used for enlivenment. Broad border of drap d'argent, threaded by a conventional floral scroll in wine-red and the palest of olive tones. In the same silver cloth are two narrow borders with a brilliant and vivid copper ornamentation in silk. A rare piece of extraordinarily high quality and worthy a place in a museum. Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet. PETIT-POINT TABLE COVER Italian Renaissance Period A brilliant production in soft neutral colors on a ground of dull golden tone, the ornamentation large floral designs surrounding a pelican with young, on one side of which is a squirrel and on the other a rabbit. The ornamentation makes little distinction between field and border, and yet the border designs are emphasized by scrolls in a soft blue. Butterflies adorn either end of the field, and beside them is the monogram of the maker. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet 4 inches. GREEN DaMaAsk PoRTIERE Spanish, Louis XV Period Emerald-green damask with a soft sheen, entirely patterned with highly conventional and refined floral forms. Length, 8 feet; width, 6 feet 8 inches. 102 Third and Last Sesston SN 546. 547- 548. 549. 550. Cut VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish Renaissance Period Completely covered by large and brilliant floral designs in cut velvet of rich amethystine hue on a ground of pale golden tone. Gold galloon border. Length, 7 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. FRENCH BROCADE PANEL Louis XIII Period Ground of sage green, made resplendent by blossoms in involved floral designs and sweeping scrolls wrought in gold and silver and silks of many colors. The brocade is so thick and rich as to give the effect of embroidery. Material for a regal costume. Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet 3 inches. FRENCH BROCADE COVER Louis XIII Period The ground of silver-blue has an ornate decoration in rich and splendid color, the hues rose and green, white and pink and a light golden yellow, and there is incidental enrichment in silver. Fes- tooned border of silver galloon. 6 feet 6 inches square. JANINA EMBROIDERED MILLE-FLEURS COVER XVI Century Embroidered in silks of many colors, rich but quiet and enlivened by small blossoms in silvery white. The ornamentation is in three broad panels, each flanked by narrow borders which continue the general design. The principal colors are red, sapphire-blue and olive-green. Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVI Century Embroidered on linen in silks of rich color; the embroideries are in three panels with narrow borders, each panel supporting floral decoration with conventional forms. These include both large and small devices, with the interspaces occupied by blossoms and crude conyentionalities. The colors are many, on a ground of soft green. Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width, 4 feet. RoyaAL VENETIAN GOLD AND SILVER Lace Cover XVI Century The designs in gold and silver lace appliqué on a brilliant green satin. They include, besides the floral scrolls of a bold character, a diversity of birds and animals variously involved in floral scroll- ing. Bordered with gold galloon and gold fringe. 6 feet square. 103 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 5Sl. $52. 553: 554- 555: They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. WHITE SILK EMBROIDERED COVER Italian, XVII Century At the centre, an escutcheon surrounded by a floral wreath finely embroidered in soft colors; the broad field is surrounded by a similar border also embroidered in delicate colors, and the field is further outlined by a band of gold galloon followed by a border festonné, embroidered with flowers in silk and enriched with gold. Edged with gold galloon having a tasseled fringe. Length, 9 feet; width, 7 fect. SPANISH BROCADE COVER Louis XV Period Violet ground of soft brilliancy, patterned with small devices of fruit and nut shape in the same color, the whole forming a quiet ground for an ornamentation of sinuous leaf scrolls and nodding flowers, all executed in brilliant gold. Among the flowers the carnation is conspicuous, as are tulips and conventional lotus flow- ers. Narrow border of gold lace. 7 feet square. BROCADE PORTIERE French, Louis XIV Period On an emerald-green ground a magnificent display of ornamenta- tion, the designs combining marble portals, ornate coffrets, vases of flowers and armorial hangings, all of which appear in silver mingled with golden-yellow silks and soft tones of red and brown. Silver galloon border. Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 6 inches. SILK-EMBROIDERED TABLE CoveR English, Queen Anne Period A brilliant fabric; satin ground of rich creamy white is embroidered in silks of many colors with flowers of wide variety. The scheme of decoration suggests powerfully a memory of Chinese designs, the peony especially as conventionalized in design by the Chinese is conspicuous here, and its neighbors in the brilliant ornamentation include the chrysanthemum, the iris, the tulip and smaller flowers. These are worked in tones of golden yellow, rich seal brown, deep greens and soft blues with conspicuous reds. Rich silk fringe border. Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, § feet 2 inches. Pair Sirk DAMASK CURTAINS French, Louis XVI Period A brilliant delicate emerald-green, patterned with a multiplicity of floral devices and a ground of formal lattice design. Festooned border of silk fringe. Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 5 feet. 104 PL a. Third and Last Sesston a 556. 557: 558. 559- 560. SILK BROCADE PORTIERE Spanish, Louis XV Period Ground of a brilliant creamy tone with a faint coral suffusion; this supports ornamental devices of distinction, floral in their origin, and several of them tied with bands of streamers, their execution in a bland and brilliant emerald-green, with a variation of the ground color which gives the effect of white. Border of coral pink silk fringe. Length, 10 feet; width, 5 feet 6 inches. RHODIAN PORTIERE XVI Century Silk embroidery on linen, the ornamentation in characteristic Rhodian designs based upon the tulip and scrolling leaves; colors a soft red, an equally soft blue, and emerald picked out with ivory, the linen ground being in natural color. Border in accord, the design being of smaller proportions. Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVI Century Embroidered in magnificent silks on linen of natural hue. The great field is plain and is surrounded by a broad border which is of rare and individual design. In it large figures of the tulip appear at intervals in their varied floral scroll, which at times is interrupted by figures of rose-water bottles. Along the top of the border is a procession of primitively worked birds, and a nar- row exterior border is formed of detached designs of the tulip and other flowers. The corners enclose a ewer holding a bouquet of carnations, on each one of which is perched a plumed bird. The whole of the embroidery is in glowing ruby red, a deep and re- markable green, azure and golden rose-pink. Length, 9 feet 7 inches; width, 7 feet 10 inches. Rep VELVET BALDACCHINO WITH GoLD FRINGE | Spanish, XVI Century Velvet of fine quality and entrancing sheen, the color varying tones of rose-red. Length, & feet 6 inches; width, 6 feet 6 inches. SILVER BrocaDE TaBLE COVER French, Louis XIV Period Brilliant drap d’argent ground, enlivened by a floral decoration in many colors, overhanging vines, bunches of grapes and interspersed architectural elements. Conspicuous by repetition is an urn at the head of steps. Silver galloon border. Length, 6 feet 5 inches; width, 5 feet 7 inches. 105 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 561. 562. 563. 564. 565. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. Parr Rep VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, XVII Century Double-faced velvet, the one face in a fine ruby-red with a delicate sheen, the reverse a brilliant emerald-green, left long, curly and almost moss-like, with a beguiling sheen. Rich gold galloon border. Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 10 inches. GoTrHic TAPESTRY Spanish, XV Century Rectangular field, of light apricot-brown surrounded by a broad azure border. Field centred by a medallion bearing the heraldic two-headed eagle. About this are four irregularly scrolling medal- lions, half-medallions and quatrefoils. These are worked in green, white, blue and light yellow, and in addition are grotesque birds and small animals of various sorts. In the border appear strange birds holding branches, and at the corners repetitions of the heraldic two- headed eagle. Length, 9 feet; width, 4 feet 6 inches. Four PANELS OF AN EMBROIDERED VELVET PORTIERE Florentine Renaissance Perio The panels are now connected, but could be used separately as screen panels. Drap d’or ground, magnificently ornamented with cut ruby velvet and embroideries of gold and colored silks. The ornamentation is characteristic, including large scrolling figures, baskets of pomegranates and liliform designs. Production of much color and vivid but agreeable contrast. Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. BLUE VELVET PORTIERE Italian, XVI Century Velvet of a rich Cashmir sapphire-blue with a quiet sheen. Orna- mented with a band of gold galloon which parallels a narrow edge | of the same material. A rare haging, both in refined color, quality of material, and size, in a plain piece. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. FRENCH BrocaDE PoRTIERE Louis XIII Period Ground of rich green, boldly patterned in characteristic designs which embody bunches of fruit and of flowers wrought in a variety of soft and rich colors. A fabric of rich but restrained grandeur. Surrounded by a border of silver lace. Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 7 feet 4 inches. 106 Third and Last Session a 566. FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERE Louis XIII Period Bleu-de-ciel ground, brightened by formal floral designs in silver and further illumined by enclosures of emerald-green surrounding monumental architectural details; in addition are hangings of various designs wrought in soft but rich colors of sik. ‘The un- usual thickness and excessive richness of the brocade is such as to make it resemble embroidery with metallic threads. Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet. 567. NEEDLEWORK PORTIERE English, Elizabethan Period Most painstaking needlework in wool on canvas, the ground a deep dark blue, the embroideries lighter blue and two shades of green, a light and a dark rose and a golden-yellow. The ornamentation is entirely in floral forms about a central urn, which appears in a voluted panel; the designs surrounding it and extending over the entire portiére are floral in both naturalistic and conventionalized patterns. Garlands of flowers appear at both ends of the cur- tain, intervening between broad scrolls of highly conventional leaf form. The whole surrounded by a woolen fringe worked at the time of the original production. Length, 12 feet; width, 5 feet 6 inches. 568. Two GREEN VELVET PORTIERES Spanish, XVII Century Golden olive velvet with a soft and brilliant sheen; the original color of the velvet, a rich and brilliant emerald, 1s retained in a scrolled ornamentation which was formerly the seat of gold or silver em- broidery. Length, 12 feet; width, 9 feet 8 inches. 569. EMBROIDERED RED VELVET PoRTIERE Spanish, XVI Century Ruby velvet of rich tone, all sides bordered by a gold fringe with silken tassels; having an elaborate escutcheon surmounted by a crown and surrounded by broad scrolling foliations and highly conventionalized expansive flowers. All ornamentation worked in gold, silver and silk embroidery. The escutcheon displays among other quarterings a lion rampant and a tree. Length, 10 feet; width, 7 feet. 570. Tren Srrips OF ITALIAN VELVET XVI Century Rose-red velvet with a soft inveigling sheen and areas glistening in higher lights. Width of strips, 20 inches ; total length, approximately, 37 yards. 107 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. $71. 572. 573: 574. Six RoyAL JARDINIERE VELVET CURTAINS Italian, XVII Century Brilliant ground of silvery white, with richly elaborate character- istic adornment of scrolling and baskets of flowers linked with highly formal floral figures. The designs are in cut and uncut velvet of dark emerald, rich purplish red, rose and rose-pink, with incidental fruits in other colors. Pendent bunches of grapes ap- pear, and overhanging pears and cherries. Fabrics of magnificence and fine conservation. Length, 12 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 7 inches. SET OF Four VELVET PORTIERES Louis XV’ Period Lustrous velvet of the richest rose tones, trimmed with a broad border of gold galloon. Length, 14 feet 6 inches; width, each 6 feet. Total, approximately, 58 yards. SET OF EIGHT JARDINIERE VELVET CURTAINS 7 French, Louis XIV Period Ivory-white ground of soft lustre, brilliantly and majestically pat- terned in emerald and rose velvet and many intermediate tones, with extensive foliations and large bouquets of numerous flowers; silk lining and silk tasseled fringe of the period. Length, 15 feet 3 inches; width, each, 6 feet. Approximate total, 122 yards. VERDURE TAPESTRY XVII Century A park composition, mainly wilds with a section of formal design in the foreground. Here a quadrilateral pedestal is festooned with garlands and the ground around it is terraced with flower beds in blossom. ‘The current of a silver stream is visible at either side, while low shrubbery crosses the intermediate foreground. Slender conical trees at either side of the flower beds glisten in the golden sunlight, while in the background the dense foliage is dark in tone, relieved in white and gold where the sunshine pene- trates through. Wide border of formal designs in dark tones on a golden ground. 10 feet 6 inches square. 108 ae pias : bd oS Shaan w Te) B00 ar Aes a eos ee Third and Last Session rN 575: 576. 577: FLEMISH J APESTRY Louis XII Period A brilliant display in gold, rose, orange, ivory and green. The scene, viewed from a balcony stretching across the lower part of the canvas and supporting columns which are crowned by arches, presents on the left a waiting chariot drawn by horses. At the centre a lady snatched from her companions, who are deeply shocked and alarmed, is being borne toward the chariot. Birds and gro- tesque animals appear among the details, along with flowering plants and clusters of fruit, while in the foreground along the bal- cony are various male and female figures in attitudes of gallantry or alarm. Narrow border of ribbon scroll. Height, 8 feet; length, 13 feet 3 inches. Vizux Paris ‘TAPESTRY XVII Century ARMED BY CUPID. To the right appears a standing figure who seems in a receptive attitude toward Cupid, who approaches from the left. The setting is a green landscape adorned with growing plants, and above on the right another figure of an amorino is pro- jected into the picture. In the background and toward the left the landscape recedes in ivory tones, and buildings of medieval archi- tecture appear in the sunlight. Narrow border of Gobelins sug- gestion composed of formal garlands of many colors on a rich apricot ground. Height, 7 feet 7 inches; width, 7 feet 3 inches. MILLEFLEURS TAPESTRY Louis XII Period Millefleurs ground of intricate pattern and quiet and engaging irl- descence. This is crossed at the base by a border or band of fruits, including grapes, cherries and larger fruits, in crimson, and pale gold, blue, brown, white and green. The conspicuous feature of the panel is a medallion at the centre showing nude half figures, volutes, masks, and sundry fruits, among the fruits being pears and bursting pomegranates. This encloses a second medallion pre- senting a young man and a young woman dancing in a park, while a second young man plays the lute. Back of the figures is a con- ventional background of buildings. In contrast with the quiet tones of the background, the medallions stand out in bold colors with much crimson, blue and ivory. In the selvage a band of dark blue. 5 feet 2 inches square. 109 Kindly read the Conditions under which every item is offered and sold. 578. 579: 580. They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. BRUSSELS TAPESTRY Renaissance Period The subject is a classical feast, and thirty-five figures are depicted in an elaborate hall with spirally fluted columns and torches burn- ing. Aloft are festoons of garlands, and in the foreground is a basket of fruit on a richly tiled floor. Beside it are dancing boys, appealing to a man playing a lyre. At the centre the banqueters are seated, and attendants are busy carrying baskets of various foods. The whole is executed in blue, red, golden hues, burnt orange, and green, with ivory-white at points. Narrow border, guirlandé and featured with lions and shell patterns. Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet 6 inches. ENGHIEN TAPESTRY Louis XII Period A composition of the animal series. Against a vague background of landscape and leafage, executed in various shades of greenish- blue, are depicted wild animals and birds, among them a leopard, a. pheasant and also on the right a butterfly. Across the landscape are branching flowers, while in the lower foreground hang clusters of fruits, and at the top and base the columns are ornamented with grotesque masks. Against the deep blue tones the animals and flowers stand out in light tones, tawny and gold and ivory-white. Height, 8 feet 8 inches; width, 12 feet 6 inches. From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. FLEMISH TAPESTRY Renaissance Period Representing one of the incidents in the Alexandrian legend, with the Conqueror appearing majestically in the centre, wearing a coat of mail and the laurel chaplet. Surrounding him are officers atten- tive and in discussion, while in the background at left and right are armies of large numbers. ‘The figures altogether represented in the composition are innumerable; the green foreground is alive with flowers and the principal figures are in ivory tones, tones of gold, brown, blue, silver-white and touches of green. ‘The very broad Renaissance border represents balconies, fruits, flowers, fig- ures upholding musical instruments, clusters of fruit and allegorical figures. Height, 10 feet 11 inches; length, 12 feet 11 inches. 110 Third and Last Session nec rene ESS TT a TE TTS ao 581. Royat AuBUSSON ‘TAPESTRY Louis XV Period Pastoral subject, with a shepherdess in the foreground seated by a peasant woman who carries an infant on her back. Between the women stands a small boy, who clings timidly to the shepherdess. On the left a youth is slumbering on the turf, while at the right of the central group a maid who reclines on the ground is smiling vaguely, and at her back is a flock of sheep and a single cow. In the central background appears a park and figures, and at the left and right is architecture, that on the right of monumental pro- portions. The whole in soft colors, with trees green and golden in the sunlight and surrounded by narrow border of formal scrolls. Mark in the lower selvage, M. R. D. F.C. Height, 9 feet 6 inches; length, 14 feet. 582. EMBROIDERED VELVET Dats CovER Spanish, XVII Century Velvet of exquisite, affable atmospheric blue, which shimmers softly as the light is reflected from it, made resplendent by its expansive or- namentation of gold and silver embroidery. This is most rich and elaborate, and adorns all four sides; at the centre of two of the sides a silver orb is crossed by a belt of running animals and is surmounted by a monogram under a crown, the crown being topped by accross. At the centre of another side is a battlemented tower, while opposite it, the fourth side bears an ornamentation of urns. The corners exhibit an hour-glass winged on top of a classical vase enwreathed with sheaves of wheat. Roses and other flowers abound in the scrolling which connects the various elements of the orna- mentation, and the thistle pattern is also prominent. The orna- mentation is completed and connected as a whole with foliations executed with precision and much grace. Length, 16 feet; width, 12 feet. 583. FLORENTINE VELVET CARPET XVII Century A fabric of magnificence in the brilliance of its color, and extraor- dinarily effective in the originality shown in the highly conventional design. Very wide border, in the tone of old-gold as to the ground, and ornamented with a very bold foliar scroll which is interspersed with figures of birds and also with branches of fruit. Rectilinear field, with a ground of rich deep and soft rose-red patterned with bold floral scrolls in old-gold, emerald and sundry neutral tones, [ Continued Ill Kindly read the Conditions under which every item 1s ifeecda and sold 583. Concluded They are printed in the forepart of the Cone aieae inane’ and at the corners with grotesque masks. At the centre a large and highly conventional rectilinear medallion or panel, with in- z dented corners and central projections from the sides. ‘The whole | patterned with foliar and floral scrolls accented by the shell p: tern and enclosing a smaller central medallion of conventional sh and not circular. The floral patterns in the various sections of the carpet include some rigid and formal designs and some very grace- ful liliform figures. 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