Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . 256—Sixteenth Century Italian Velvet UL<7) 0 A piece of old red velvet in three strips. Length, 85 feet 1% inches; width, 20^ inches. 257—Quantity of Seventeenth Century Italian SatinjV Lot of old red satin, consisting of 58 pieces. Total length, 217 yards and 5 3/5 inches; widths, 20 inches to21 2 5 inches. c^O ^. 258—Nomad Asia Minob Prayeb Rug ^ Executed in Ghiordes pattern about ipo. 0#long^hape. Themihrab, with a red ground, has a
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . 256—Sixteenth Century Italian Velvet UL<7) 0 A piece of old red velvet in three strips. Length, 85 feet 1% inches; width, 20^ inches. 257—Quantity of Seventeenth Century Italian SatinjV Lot of old red satin, consisting of 58 pieces. Total length, 217 yards and 5 3/5 inches; widths, 20 inches to21 2 5 inches. c^O ^. 258—Nomad Asia Minob Prayeb Rug ^ Executed in Ghiordes pattern about ipo. 0#long^hape. Themihrab, with a red ground, has a shaped and stepped arch out-lined in white, with two ewer tonus and a floral spray taking theplace of the usual mosque lamp. The sky spandrels, on a lighlblue ground, are occupied by a scrolled floral patterning of , blue and yellow. The main border, on a dark ground,has a design of pointed scrolled zigzags occupied by scrolledinterlacements in light colors. The inner and outer guards areof undulating and quatrefoiled patternings on a yellow ground. Length, •) feet K>7s inches; width, I feet j - inch.
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