. Illustrated catalogue of the very valuable art property belonging to the estate of the well-known connoisseur, the late James a. Garland, Esq. a former trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art [electronic resource]. L09—Beautiful Altar Frontal Spanish. Seventeenth Centurv. This frontal, of compara-tively small size, was evidently used in a chapel of Our for use on feast days, the ground is white, of rich gros-grain silk, and there is a predominance of blue in the floraldecorations, though it is tenderly enlivened with hues of roseand yellow and with the rich incrustation of goldw
. Illustrated catalogue of the very valuable art property belonging to the estate of the well-known connoisseur, the late James a. Garland, Esq. a former trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art [electronic resource]. L09—Beautiful Altar Frontal Spanish. Seventeenth Centurv. This frontal, of compara-tively small size, was evidently used in a chapel of Our for use on feast days, the ground is white, of rich gros-grain silk, and there is a predominance of blue in the floraldecorations, though it is tenderly enlivened with hues of roseand yellow and with the rich incrustation of goldwork in latter is particularly noticeable for the variety of stitchesemployed in the foliations, so that their surfaces present a con-stantly differing quality of texture and illumination. It is alsoto be noticed that while the field is marked off on three sidesby a band of gold galloon, this division has not governed thedesign, which spreads freely over the whole of the frontal. Very graceful in their flowing curves are the main stems ofthe decorative composition, lily or tulip stems, slim and them radiate leaves, somewhat conventionalized, whileflowers are profusely scattered over the wh
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