Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Spanish Collection Sr. D. Raimundo Ruiz: Spanish Renaissance Furniture, Primitive Paintings, Velvets and Brocades, Cathedral Lanterns, Wrought Iron Gates and Rejas, Spanish and Persian Carpets
Among the pictures are several interesting primitives depicting the legends Of the Catholic church, dramatically and realistically presented and gorgeously staged; the costumes and vestments of fine brocades, the haloes and other accessories portrayed in relief against backgrounds of gold.
The textiles are an important feature. Among the exhibits are many sumptuous ecclesiastical vestments and hangings, bro cades, damasks and velvets. It is necessary to bear in mind when studying these textiles that most are agreed that the Spanish weavers have a claim to a far larger Share of the fine silken fabrics in all great collections than has been conceded to them hitherto, but the actual task of identification leaves ample scope for diver gent views.
The metalwork is essentially decorative and artistic, exempli fied by several fine pairs of park and entrance gates, grilles, rejas, etc., and an important Venetian sarcophagus wrought in lead and lately excavated in Syria, dating from the First Century, a.d.
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