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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 51

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d satin embroidered, ingold, at the angles with scrolled designs, and in the centers withcoat-of-arms surmounted by crests and mottoes. Length, 1 foot 8 inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches. 83—Pair of Eighteenth Century Italian Silk CushionsRectangular shape. Of yellow silk with applique decoration… … 84—Pair of Seventeenth Centuey Florentine Satin CushionsRectangular shape. Covered in red satin embroidered in goldthread and colored silk with an all-over pattern of scrolls, cor-nucopia? and flowers and with the coat-of-arms of the Gondifamily in the center. Surrounded by a scrolled border…

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