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Identifier: illustratedcatal00amer_8 (find matches)
Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry G. Marquand
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924 Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
Subjects: Marquand, Henry G
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
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eing seized by PontiusPilates soldiers. An extraordinary specimen of solid needlework. Length, 70 inches ; width, 36 inches. 1256 — Early Italian Renaissance Portitre. Embroidered in raised gold on ruby-red velvet. A centre medallion, formed by a clusterof grapes, surrounded by a laurel wreath and floral scrolls; and pendants andcorner pieces of floral and conventional design. Length, 6 feet 10 inches; width, 5 feet. 1257 — Portuguese Bed Coverlet—Seventeenth Century. Profusely embroidered in beautiful tones of turquoise blue, red, cream, and other colors,on dcru silk. The embellishment consists of scrolls, flowers, and a medallioncontaining a basket of flowers, two cupids heads, and the inscription, PostExactam Hiemem, 1606. Blue satin and fringe border. Length, 8 feet 6 inches ; width, 7 feet 4 inches. 1258 — Italian Bed Coverlet—Seventeenth Century. Bold floral and leaf scrolls, embossed on ruby-red velvet. Fringed border. Length, 9 feet 2 inches ; width, 7 feet 8 inches.
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1259 — Indo-Portuguese Bed Coverlet— Seventeenth Century. Semi-oriental, elaborately ornamented with the conventional lotus, shi-shi lions, fleur-de-lis, coronets, and a medallion containing an eagle in flight, supporting a younggirl. All embroidered in various silks and gold threads, on crimson satin. Length, 9 feet 5 inches ; width, 6 feet 8 inches. 1260—Elaborate Portuguese Baldachino — Sixteenth Century. Hindo-Persian design of embroidery, in various shaded silks of finely blended colors, on ruby-color velvet. The embellishment consists of sacred flowers, leaf scrolls, and conventoinal patterns, surrounded by a wide border of turquoise blue, and a narrow border of sapphire blue. Length, 13 feet; width, 5 feet 6 inches. 1261 — Italian Renaissance Panel. Specimen of ecclesiastical needlework. The design is a repetition of medallions withcoats of arms on a background representing various sacred flowers and offerings,all embroidered in colored silks and gold and silver threa
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