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 155
n Caeved^ Pierced^ Gilt andPainted Wood FrameRectangular shape. Outer molding carved with a pattern ofoverlapping pointed leaves and inner molding with acanthusleaves. The fascia is divided into two parts, the outer one beingflat and carved with acanthus-leaf scrollings and flowers, theinner one… … 318—Sixteenth Century Tuscan Walnut Small Coffer Rectangular shape. Sunken paneled and molded lid carvedwith guilloche patterning and astragalled flutings. Friezecarved with acanthus-leaf niodilions. Recessed front of a singlepanel, surrounded by a molding carved with banded quatre-foils, acanthus…
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