Illustrated catalogue of the extraordinary collection of art treasures and antiquities acquired during the past year by Professore Commendatore Elia Volpi ... to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries [on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 17th, 18th and 19th, 1917] (1917)
Volpi, Elia, 1858-1938, Townsend, Horace, 1859-1922, Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924, American Art Association · New York : American Art Galleries · leaf 133
scrolls, the center with scrolled egg-shaped medal-lion. Front support carved with dolphins and acanthus leaves.Octagonal molded and carved seat and shaped back support. 282—Sixteenth Century Umbrian Walnut Chair Sgabello type. Shield-shaped back, the sides and top carvedwith voluted acanthus… … 283—Pair of Sixteenth Century^ Umerian Walnut ChairsSgabello type. Triangular-shaped backs, the sides set at anangle, and tops carved with voluted acanthus-leaf scrollings, thecenters with molded and imbricated vertical rib. Shaped seatswith sunken centers on square pedestals, vase-shaped front…
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