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Illustrated catalogue of Mr. Thomas B. Clarke's remarkable gathering of rare plates of many nations and beautiful old textiles (1916)
American Art Association, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919, former owner. DSI-F · New York : American Art Association · leaf 208
Fourth Afternoon No. 675 GOTHIC VELVET— SPECIMEN {Fifteenth Century) Length, SJ^ inches; width, 27}/2 inches Glowing green of emerald tone, its varied traceries revealing a light greenish-yellow ground. No. 676 GOTHIC VELVET PANEL {Fifteenth Century) Height, 32 inches; width, 9]/2 inches In emerald… … No. 677 VALANCE {Eighteenth Century) Length, 12 feet 11 inches; depth, 12 inches Deep velvet of brownish-red hue, with an applied ornamentation in bold relief, presenting foliated medallions enclosing sunflower rosettes, executed in gold and silver threads. Edged with galloon and the bot- tom…Clarke, Thomas B. (Thomas Benedict), 1848-1931
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