Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . es of the doors are fitted with sliding panelsdecorated with Hebrew inscriptions in gold on red lower portion is similarly divided into four cupboards bypaneled pilasters upon paneled pedestals. The hinged doorshave single molded panels and are decorated with painted ara-besques on blue grounds, the moldings of the pedestal beinggilded. On a molded base. The sides are paneled and decoratedin a similar manner to the front. This
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . es of the doors are fitted with sliding panelsdecorated with Hebrew inscriptions in gold on red lower portion is similarly divided into four cupboards bypaneled pilasters upon paneled pedestals. The hinged doorshave single molded panels and are decorated with painted ara-besques on blue grounds, the moldings of the pedestal beinggilded. On a molded base. The sides are paneled and decoratedin a similar manner to the front. This cabinet came from theSynagogue of Urbino. Height, 7 feet 10 inches; length, !• feet 2 inches; depth, - feet 10 indies. (Ill nst rated) Note: This was the Ark In which the Scrolls of the Law were Hebrew inscriptions mainly consist of passages from the Psalms andother Biblical quotations, including the Ten Commandments. There isalso an inscription denoting that tins Ark \\a^ the gift of the peopleof Urbino (actually it was presented 1>\ the Duke of Urbino), andanother giving the Hebrew dating oi 5211, corresponding to the year1 ).. 822—Early Sixteenth Century Italian Painted and Carved Synagogue Cabinet ii2ii—Fifteenth Century Florentine Inlaid Walnut MarriageChest /7 Jf, f. „ . j^^. Rectangular shape, with hinged lid. The front is^aivided intotwo molded panels occupied with an elaborate inlay in light-colored woods in a subject of a Renaissance church frontsurrounded by fifteenth century houses. The panels are sur-rounded by a broad hand of inlay of a floral design and nar-rower hands of geometrical patterning. The ends are paneledin a lozenge form and inlaid in geometrical and floral domed lid is molded and bordered with bands of inlay ofgeometrical patterning. The chest stands on a molded hast. Height, inches; length, (> feet 7 incites; depth. 1 feet I inches. (I II rated)
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