New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
Decorations of European
Countries on View at
American Galleries.
PRINT COLLECTION
ALSO TO BE SOLD
Art Objects Gathered by Karl
Freund TO Go at Auction
March 81.

very enthralling collection is that
Of Karl Freund. antiquarian. which is
now on view at the American Art Gal
lsries and which will be sold there on
the afternoons Of March p. p, % and
"a. Il includes articles Of furniture
and house decoration from nearly al!
European countries. The quality is
unusually high. Nearly everything is
OF interest. The FIVE complete room,
shown are especially attractive. There
ls the late sixteenth century room
from the Gun House IN Stroud
Gloucestershiro, "a house once inhabited
by Cromwell during the Civil War. The
walls consist Of hIe ElIzabethan OAK
panelinE. with carved mantelpiece
ana cOrnIce. and Il recessed window
seat and window, with original CAGE
ments. The late seventeenth century
room is supposed 20 have been de-
signed by Sir Christopher Wren and
comes from one o. the houses IN the
famous Row AT Chester. The oak panel
ling is of great distinction and there
are five windows, three beautiful door
ways, and an elaborate mantel with
framed-in oil painting.
The Dutch room Is very cheerful
Long decorative panels reaching from
floor TO ceiling alternate with spaces or
which are painted mirrors. il would
be difficult 20 imagine q more charming
boudor than this room would maxi.
A modern room in the style OF tho
Brothers Adam has been constructed
as setting for ten panels by Angelica
kaufman, representing the story o..
Tolomachus and Calypso the panels
are of great charm and typical Of the
artists work. They were originally IN
the ceiling of the great drawing room
at Rathfarnham Castle, near Dublin.
4 modern Georgian room has in the
tTieze ten oval paintings on glass by
George Morland. They represent tho
months OF the year, and are admirably
characteristic.
One of the most interesting objects
in the collection is pipe organ froia
the Chateau de Rethel Ardennes). II
was built in 1925 by the famous $ich-
olas handkerchief Of Nuremberg. The
case Us OF great beauty and the tone OF
the instrument IS surprisingly lovely
A few pieces Of furniture once the
property Of the beautiful Lady Hamil-
ton are included. There are fine oPk
pulpit. q charming Italian virginia.. sew
cral good tapestries and painting,
some wood carvings ana great ueat
OF SO furniture, besides q quantity Of
thc china and other bric-a-brac az pres
ent in fashion for the adornment OF
houses.
There is also at the American Art
Galleries collection Of fine etch-
ings. cngravings, and mezzotlnts,
mostly French and EnGish, q the
18th, 18th 18th and goth centuries.
They are 20 be sold on Wednesday
evening The earlier prints are, Of
course, portraits Of royalty and mo-
biity, and there are some exception
ally good ones. There are also many
18Th century engravings and mezzo-
tints Of figure subjects, some by
Bartolozzi. and some after Morland
and others. a feature of the co.lec-
ton is the number of mezzotints by
Is. Arlent Edwards. the foremost Of
the modern opponents OF the art. IL
is interesting 10 compare them with
the 18th century examples. They DO
not suffer by comparison. There is
one etching Of Notre Dame by Meryon,
and Seymour Haden % represented
bv a number Of prints. We note also
some etchings by Hedley Fitton.