Sale 8527
New York, East
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23 May 2001
Price realised
USD 1,175
Estimate
A CONTINENTAL BAROQUE SILK AND METALLIC-THREAD ALTAR CLOTH On a red silk damask ground embroidered with grotesques and arabesques of gold and polychrome silk threads centered by a figural roundel of the Virgin Mary, with fringe and tassels at the ends, distressed condition 94in. (238.5cm.) long, 13in. (33cm.) wide
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