Author : Luigi Orselli
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230158501
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...Length, 56 inches; width, 20 inches. 472--Florentine Silk Brocade Strip Sixteenth Century Rectangular shape. Woven, in purple silk, on a yellow ground in a pattern of conventional vases of flowers and scrolled serrated leaves in arched panels. Bordered with gold galoon. Length, (i4 inches; width, 11 inches. 473--Genoese Cut-velvet Strip Sixteenth Cefttury Rectangular shape. Crimson velvet cut, on a gold ground, in a pattern of leaf and flower medallions and curved acanthus leaves. Bordered with gold galoon. Rectangular shape. Crimson velvet, cut, on a gold ground, in a pattern of leaf and flower medallions, and curved acanthus leaves. Bordered with gold galoon. Length, 6l inches; width, l0 inches. CUSHIONS 475--Italian Embroidered Velvet Cushion Seventeenth Century Rectangular shape. Covered with purple velvet, applique embroidered, in gold thread, with trellised quatrefoils, leaves and eight-lobed medallions. Bordered with gold galoon and finished with gold tassels. 19 inches square. 476--Venetian Silk Brocade Cushion Seventeenth Century Rectangular shape. Covered with green silk, brocaded, in colors and gold thread, with scrolls, pointed leaves and floral sprays. Bordered with gold galoon. Length, 17 inches; width, 12 inches. 477--Pair Of Italian Embroidered Silk Cushions Sixteenth Century Rectangular shape. Covered with rose-colored silk, embroidered, in silver thread, with two floral sprays and hexagonal medallions. Bordered with scrolls and paneled with floral sprays. Finished with silver tassels. 478--Pair Of Venetian Silk Brocade Cushions Eighteenth Century Rectangular shape. Covered with rose-colored silk, brocaded, in colors, with floral medallions and branches of roses. Length, 19 inches; width, 18 inches. 479--Italian...