1880-1973, undated
GUSN-312725
Portfolio titled "Italian Renaissance" with brown paper covers, dark gray fabric spine and brown fabric ties. Title is printed in gold on spine. Label and stamp inside front cover identify portfolio as being from the Shaw Furniture Co. of Cambridge, MA. Portfolio contains five photomechanical prints depicting two interiors and three heavily carved chests and cabinets. Legends in Italian on some of the prints note the locations and date the work depicted as dating from the Italian Renaisaance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
furniture
chests (case furniture)
cassoni
Italian Renaissance-Baroque styles
Renaissance
portfolios (containers)
photomechanical prints
1portfolio (10 x 8 x 3/4 inches)
CC011
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
1994
CC011.001.003.006
10 x 8 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
Shaw Furniture Company (Cambridge, Mass.)
portfolios (containers)
photomechanical prints
Item
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