Identifier: frick-31072000203960 (find matches)
Title: Illustrated cataloge of the costly tapestries, beautiful old laces, antique brocades and velvets, gold and enamel snuffboxes, watches, 18th century fans, Louis Quinze furniture from the collection of the Duc D'Avaray of Paris (electronic resource)
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924 American Art Galleries
Subjects: Duc d'Avaray
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council METRO

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The foregroundshows Alexander with bared head, gold scrolled cuirass and brownmantle, holding a spear just received from his Kactrian bride,Hoxana, who is clothed in blended crimson and blue drapery. Thispanel is finished with simple blue and red margin bauds. Length, 8 feci (i incite*; Width, 5 feet 10 inrlu.i. 227—Antiqie Aihisson T.wkstrv Panel Seventeenth century, with fine point woven in silk and worsted.The composition includes four figures in varied attire and tunicsof classical periods, that form a hawking party, in the foregroundof a landscape. Flanked on either side by tall trees, whose branchesfilled with foliage meet above the vista of a light sky. The middledistance includes hills, habitations and groves, while below a youngman among the group holds his bird to see if another hawk willcatch his quarry flying down from a tree. The prevailing colors aresoft. This panel is simply finished by a dark blue margin hand. Lent/tit, H feet i incite*: icitltlt, 5 feet .5 incite*.
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No. 230—Skvkxtkknth (i:\nnv Bkaivais Tapestkv P Scam (J and Last Afternoon 228— Antique AruussoN Tapestky Panel Seventeenth century figure subject, woven in silk and worsted withborder on three sides. The composition shows the (Juceii of Shcbawearing a crown and royal red attire. She holds a scepter and isseated on a blue cushion, placed over a rug on the ground. Twoyouthful maiden attendants appear to be in charge of the crouch-ing lion and a sleeping lioness pictured with them. The landscapesetting shows a light clouded sky (woven in silk) relieved by archi-tecture and a playing fountain together with trees in foliage.The narrow border of which the design shows connected scrollmotifs, woven in red and blue with dark blue margin, is missingon the lower side. Lrni/fh, H feel 1 inch: width, 7 feet III inche*. 229— One Antique Flemish Taukstky Karly seventeenth century panel: probably one of a Roman series(unidentified subject), representing a group of three large figuresin a temp

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