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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Townsend, Horace, 1859-1922 Volpi, Elia, 1858-1938 Guglielmetti, Cesare A Rusconi, Arturo Jahn
Subjects: Volpi, Elia, 1858-1938
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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297- Sixteenth Century Florentine Walnut Tabiy^-o Rectangular plain top. The apron is divided into two drawer*with paneled fronts carved with floral scrolls design. At eachcorner are square projecting dies paneled and carved to cor-respond. The table is supported on four turned baluster legswith capitals carved in an egg and dart pattern and the lowerportions with acanthus leaves. Side and end rails are carvedwith alternating lealand rosette patternings. Height, 2 feet 1 1 mches; length, 4 feet l inches; depth, 2 feet 5 inches. 298—Seventeenth Century Italian (hit High Pedestal/JO Of Sgabello form. The two side pieces support square moldedtops with shell enrichments, are carved at the sides with boldvolutes enclosing pendants of husk design, below which are lionsmasks, and are supported on lions paw feet. Entirelv ilt Height, ^ feet 1 inch.
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r TABLE sz 299—Fifteenth Century Umbrian Walnut Table g ^-o Rectangular top, with straight edge carved in a pattern of im-brications, supported on two lyre-shaped legs and brackets of J modillion outline, the surfaces carved with bold imbrications.The voluted bases are similarly carved and have escutcheonsoccupied by coats-of-arms in their centers. There is a longi-tudinal brace carved with leaves and fleurs-de-lis and wedgedinto the legs. Height, 2 feet T1/-? inches; length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 11 inches. W ,-o 300—Two Seventeenth Century Italian Belchwood Savona-rola Chairs oC>Cc^i^oc^<. O^i^v-^Curved sides and bases, formed of seven interlacing square sup-ports, pivoted at their intersections so as to form folding chairs.Square seats, shaped back-rails, one with elaborate incised deco-ration, fronts with incised patterning, straight arms with balland molded ends, and straight base-rails. ex 301—Fifteenth Century Ligurian Walnut ~Table Rectangular shape. The

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