Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Italian Decorative Objects, Furniture, Sculpture and Paintings of the Gothic and Renaissance Periods, Furniture, Forged Iron and Copper Venetian Glass, Sculptured Bas-Reliefs Tapestries, Velvets and Other Rare Textiles: The Entire Collection From the New York Studios of the Connoisseur and Antiquarian Cav. Carlo M. Girard The Spirit of Italian craftsmanship is to be seen in the cherishing of the wonderful old patina of the woods which has given full play to the lovely tones of the Furniture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue, Italian Renaissance Furniture and Other Objects of Art: Carved Walnut, Chairs, Tables, Cabinets, Cassoni, Needlework, Brocades, Velvets, Faience and Venetian Glass, Forged Iron, Decorative Paintings, Polychrome Sculptures Gilded Mirrors and Screens covered in lovely Velvets, Damasks and Flemish Tapestry are also in evidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.