Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . 203-Two Sixteenth Century Italian VelveJt Cushion/ r / fu Oblong shape. Covered on one side with velvet and on the other with red silk damask; gold trimmings and yellow silk tassels. Length, 1T;* j inches; width, ;, 204- 205- -Two Sixteenth Century Italian ^Embroidered Silk CushionsOblong shape. Covered with red silk embroidered in goldthread, at the four corners with heart-shaped figures formed byfloral scrollings and in


Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . 203-Two Sixteenth Century Italian VelveJt Cushion/ r / fu Oblong shape. Covered on one side with velvet and on the other with red silk damask; gold trimmings and yellow silk tassels. Length, 1T;* j inches; width, ;, 204- 205- -Two Sixteenth Century Italian ^Embroidered Silk CushionsOblong shape. Covered with red silk embroidered in goldthread, at the four corners with heart-shaped figures formed byfloral scrollings and in the center with a large coat-of-arms ofa rampant lion surmounted by a helmet and mantled with boldscrollings. Tassels of red silk wound with gold thread. Length, 21 3/5 inches; width, 151/2 inches. -Seventeenth Century Italian Damask L^rge CushionOblong shape. Covered, on both sides, with red silk damask. Length, 3 feet 1 4/5 inches; width, 18^/2 inches. n 206- -0 I^arge Cushion -Seventeenth Century Italian DamaskOblong shape. Covered, on one side, with red silk damask. Length, 3 feet lO^/o inches; width, 151/2 inches.


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