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	• Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati palace, ... Elia Volpi RareBooksClub.com, 2012 - 86 pages view larger image
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...box with hinged lid. Shaped arms and aprons and straight sloping legs. Height, 8 feet 8 inches; length, 4 feet II4 inch. 542--Sixteenth Century Italian Inlaid Wooden Settle Similar to the preceding. 543--Fifteenth Century Umbrian Walnut Table Of primitive character. Oblong plain top, with deep apron carved in a pattern of Gothic geometrical interlacements. The plain straight square legs rest on shaped base-rails of scrolled outline and are connected by a square keyed longitudinal brace. Height, 2 feet 7 inches; length, 4 feet HC'l, width, 3 feet 4% inches. 544--Late Sixteenth Centuky Florentine Walnut Cabinet Rectangular shape. The carved and molded cornice and frieze are supported by three modillioned and carved pilasters which divide the front into two hinged and paneled doors with bronze handles. In the frieze above is a long drawer, also with bronze handle. The molded and carved base is supported on four lions' paws. 545--Sixteenth Century Florentine Walnut Cabinet Rectangular shape. Oblong molded cornice top and frieze decorated with shaped panels of inlay separated by square dies. Below, the front is divided by three fluted and astragalled Ionic pilasters, and between them two hinged and paneled doors with turned center knobs. The plinth below is inlaid in a geometrical patterning with colored woods, and the base is molded. The ends are paneled and flanked by pilasters which correspond to those in front. Height, 3 feet 31/ inches; width, 5 feet 9 inches; depth, 3 feet. 546--Sixteenth Century Florentine Writing Cabinet Rectangular shape. The oblong top is molded and the frieze is divided by pilasters into eight panels carved with rosettes having projecting knobs in their centers, and is arranged as two large drawers with looped drop handles of bronze. ...

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