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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s and fruit woven in soft colors on a red ground, while the upper border is centered by a large cartouche that invplves an elliptical medallion frith another biblicalsubject (en camaieii hrun) to match the sides. The remaining de-tails show fruit and foliage, together with large supporting cupids.The inner and outer edges are w oven in deep golden brown egg anddart design, making Hie border twenty-one inches wide. Length, 13 feet 3 inches: complete width. 10 feel ii incite*. (Illustrated) SET OF TWO ANTIQUE FLEMISH TAPESTRIES Seventeenth century pastoral subjects, with figures woveniv sll.k ami fine worsted, together with original borders. •237—Tapestry Panel The composition presents a shepherd in red coat, whose flute-play-ing is being listened to by a youthful maiden gowned in soft blueand yellow attire. These figures are gracefully posed in the fore-ground, together with some sheep and the shepherds dog, while thebackground shows a light sky. The middle distance depicts a river
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No. 2iiii—Antique Bbussbu Tapbstr* Panel Xo. 236—Extraordinary Tapkstry Cantonxikhk

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