International studio . talls with two seats inthe Blumenthal Collection coming from the MohlCollection,* the architectural composition ofwhich is the same and the decoration very is another specimen of these stalls in theMetropolitan Museum which, though identical inarchitectural composition, shows much moreelaborate decoration betokening Flemish influ-ence. This was bought in 1906 from the RogersFund. All of the stalls just described were made for areligious use. This is indicated by the construc-tion of the seats, which fold back. The same ar-rangement of seats is seen in other
International studio . talls with two seats inthe Blumenthal Collection coming from the MohlCollection,* the architectural composition ofwhich is the same and the decoration very is another specimen of these stalls in theMetropolitan Museum which, though identical inarchitectural composition, shows much moreelaborate decoration betokening Flemish influ-ence. This was bought in 1906 from the RogersFund. All of the stalls just described were made for areligious use. This is indicated by the construc-tion of the seats, which fold back. The same ar-rangement of seats is seen in other stalls of theHoentschel Collection, which very probably camefrom a private chapel. They come from the Moli-nier Collection, are in oak, and of the late fifteenthcentury. (Reproduced fig. 3.) The back is dec-orated with Gothic tracery showing in the centrethree shields from which the paint is gone. Onthe top is a canopy with a decoration in open tra- * Catalogue de la Collection Louis Mohl, 1912, p. 28,No. 103. ^mmm. |. French Furniture^ Gothic ami Renaissance
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