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 70

An illustration from 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, leaf 70 — aped acanthus-leaf scrolled and Anointedescutcheons, embroidered in gold and colored silks, with coats-of-arms and surmounted by Ducal coronets. Of the sixteenthcentury. Mounted on silk. Height, 10 inches; width, 9 inches. (b) Shield-shaped, embroidered in gold, silver and coloredsilks, with… … 135—Paik of Italian Embroidered Escutcheons Oval-shaped, scrolled, embroidered in silver and colored silks,with coats-of-arms, quartering two-headed eagles and sur-mounted by crosses and a Bishops Hat with embroidered tas-sels. Of the eighteenth century. Height, 10 inches; width, 8 inches.…

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