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 74
e sides, witha heraldic device of a floriated cross and surmounted by apointed trefoil-leaf crown. Mounted on silk damask. Height, 22 inches; width, 18 inches. First Afternoon 146—Sixteenth Century Italian Embroidered EscutcheonShield-shaped scrolled and voluted escutcheon, with acanthus-leaf… … 147—Pair of Sixteenth Century Italian Embroidered VelvetChasuble HoodsSpade-shaped hoods of red velvet applique with shield-shapedescutcheons surrounded by scrolled acanthus leaves, volutes andfloral pendants embroidered in gold and colored silks, withcoats-of-arms and surmounted by strawberry-leaf…
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