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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.57069#0119
THE SALOMON COLLECTION
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431. Turkish Resht Embroidery Panel
Panel of dark green cloth embroidered in a patchwork of flannels
with a mosque beneath a fantastic scrolled mihrab enriched with trees
and blossoms and a border of flowering shrubs with vistas of buildings
surrounded by cypresses.
Length, 6 feet 3 inches; width, 4 feet
432. Shell-pink Gold and Silver Brocade Panel
Louis XV Period
Ground seme with tiny blossoms, and brocaded in gold and silver
and ivory silks with a lattice of short interlacing vermiculate branches
supporting at intervals swaying nosegays of blue, white and tan
blossoms, and green leafage.
Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches
433. Three Green Silk Damask Covers and Small Hanging
[a] Of emerald-green, with symmetrical design of foliage and pairs
of pendent blossoms; four widths. [Slightly discolored.] [b] Pale
leaf-green silk damask, developing fringed blossoms contained within
curving frames of straggling leafage; bordered with bands of fringe.
Early eighteenth century. [Slightly damaged.] [c] Two widths of
Spanish Louis XIV damask with design of pairs of curving pointed
leaves enclosing a device of flowers and foliage hung with blossoms.
[Slight discoloration.]
Length of [a], 8 feet 4 inches; width, 7 feet 2 inches
Length of [b], 8 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet
Length of [c], 8 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 7 inches
434. Two Small Figured Crimson Velvet Draperies of
Renaissance Design Genoese, XVII Century
Fine wine-crimson velvet, on which has been stamped at a later date
an allover design of linked ribbon ogivals, enclosing small vases of
blossoms.
435. Spanish Silk-embroidered Crimson Satin Table Cover
Beautifully worked in the Chinese manner with scrollings of green
branches with leafage and peonies, camellias and other blossoms in
gay colors, about a medallion centred with the head of a lotus flower.
Silk fringe.
Length, 54 inches; width, 35 inches
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431. Turkish Resht Embroidery Panel
Panel of dark green cloth embroidered in a patchwork of flannels
with a mosque beneath a fantastic scrolled mihrab enriched with trees
and blossoms and a border of flowering shrubs with vistas of buildings
surrounded by cypresses.
Length, 6 feet 3 inches; width, 4 feet
432. Shell-pink Gold and Silver Brocade Panel
Louis XV Period
Ground seme with tiny blossoms, and brocaded in gold and silver
and ivory silks with a lattice of short interlacing vermiculate branches
supporting at intervals swaying nosegays of blue, white and tan
blossoms, and green leafage.
Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches
433. Three Green Silk Damask Covers and Small Hanging
[a] Of emerald-green, with symmetrical design of foliage and pairs
of pendent blossoms; four widths. [Slightly discolored.] [b] Pale
leaf-green silk damask, developing fringed blossoms contained within
curving frames of straggling leafage; bordered with bands of fringe.
Early eighteenth century. [Slightly damaged.] [c] Two widths of
Spanish Louis XIV damask with design of pairs of curving pointed
leaves enclosing a device of flowers and foliage hung with blossoms.
[Slight discoloration.]
Length of [a], 8 feet 4 inches; width, 7 feet 2 inches
Length of [b], 8 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet
Length of [c], 8 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 7 inches
434. Two Small Figured Crimson Velvet Draperies of
Renaissance Design Genoese, XVII Century
Fine wine-crimson velvet, on which has been stamped at a later date
an allover design of linked ribbon ogivals, enclosing small vases of
blossoms.
435. Spanish Silk-embroidered Crimson Satin Table Cover
Beautifully worked in the Chinese manner with scrollings of green
branches with leafage and peonies, camellias and other blossoms in
gay colors, about a medallion centred with the head of a lotus flower.
Silk fringe.
Length, 54 inches; width, 35 inches
