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 147
Italian Walnut Side ChairsSquare backs with gilded acanthus-leaf carved finials, turnedbaluster-shaped legs, square side rails and shaped front andback rails. Seats and backs covered with Hungarian pointembroidery in colored silk finished with oval brass-headed nails. 309—Sixteenth Century Italian… … 310—Pair of Eighteenth Century Venetian Carved andGilded Walnut ArmchairsShield-shaped backs carved with rococo scrolHngs, curved andvoluted arms on scrolled supports, pierced, carved andscrolled serpentine seat fronts and carved cabriole legs. Seatsand backs upholstered in red velvet. Frames…
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