. 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]. e spirals, linked inpairs. Wrought in a honeycomb stitch, they are in very highrelief upon a flat dull ground of gold thread and are enrichedwith tendrils of blue and silver. The main feature of the lower decoration is a repeatedfigure composed of two volutes, executed in boldly raised silver-work and terminating in calices, worked in gros silk of a richgolden yellow. Radiating
. 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]. e spirals, linked inpairs. Wrought in a honeycomb stitch, they are in very highrelief upon a flat dull ground of gold thread and are enrichedwith tendrils of blue and silver. The main feature of the lower decoration is a repeatedfigure composed of two volutes, executed in boldly raised silver-work and terminating in calices, worked in gros silk of a richgolden yellow. Radiating from these are foliations also ofgros silk of a warm green, while above are conventionalized lilypetals wrought in similar material, but of a delicate blue,studded with silk knots that resemble pearls. The whole is sur-mounted by a fleur-de-lis in embossed silver. Intercepting thispredominant figure is a smaller one repeated, in which a con-ventionalized lily stem and leaves, heavily embossed in silver,are displayed upon a gold ground that itself is of leaf form andtipped with spirals. The latter are of silver, while the groundis partly stitched with flat gold and partly brocaded with raisedgold in loop The forms throughout are enclosed with rims of silver cord,and the interspaces are embellished with abundance of smallerscrollwork and leafage. It is this notable profusion of silver filigree work, oxidizedby time, and the allied hue of the blue parts that give particu-larly delicate distinction to this panel, since they predominateover the warm hues of green, golden yellow and ruby. More-over, a careful scrutiny will reveal how the subtlety of the colorscheme is increased by the diversities of stitchwork and by thevariety in the planes of ornament, the result being an ensembleof extraordinary persuasiveness. Length. 9 feet 2 inches; width, 88 inches 116—Venetian Embroidered Altar Frontal Seventeenth Century. The ground of this superb piece iscomposed throughout of a
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