New-York tribune., 1919-04-14
Sale of Benguiat
Antiques Brings
Total of S541.53O
Duveen Brothers Pay Top
Price of $4,000 for
Famous Venetian Cope:
Tapestry Brings $4,000

The sale of the entire stock of Vital
and Leopold Benguat. consisting of an
tique textiles and embroideries, was
concluded Mt the American Art Gal
leries yesterday afternoon. The grand
total for tho six sessions was s54t $50,
yesterdays session alone bringing
S2Gs.o0s,50.
puyaeh Brothers paid tic top prizes
Of The entire sale 96000=for the
famous james A. Garland dfap dor
eisele amethyst boucie velvet cone. Ve-
netian, Of the fifteenth century. The
same buyers also purchased an en-
broidered green velvet heraldic border,
Italian, of the sixteenth century. for
$1,000, and five Genoese jardinere vel
vet borders of the Renaissance period
for $2,375
Among the keen bidders at yester-
days session were P. W. French & Co.,
who purchased the following items: A
gold needlework and csele crimon vel
vet professional cross, Venetian, of the
Gothic period, for $780, a tapestry
velvet panel, italian, of the fifteenth
century, for $1,5Oo; crimson and gold
cut velvet panel, Venetian, Of the
Gothic period, for $500; sumptuous
drap dor boucle crimson Gothic velvet
panel, Venetian, of the early sixteenth
century, for 50 ZOO; two gold necdlework
and green velvet Dalmatics, Italian, of
the Renaissance period, for $4,000; a
drap dor boucle crimson velvet panel,
Venetian, of the Gothic period, for
$4,000; silver embroidered ruby vel
vet banner, Spanish, of the Renaissance
period, for $4,000; gold needlework
and brocade altar frontal, Spanish, of
the Renaissance period, for $2.400; a
gold and silver embroidered and red
velvet altar frontal, Spanish, of the Re-
naissance period, for $3,30O a gold
ncedlework and sapphire blue velvet
cope, Spanish, of the Gothic period, for
$500; a gold needle-p painted and ciscle
claret velvet cope, Venetian, of the
Gothic period, for $500; twenty six
panels of ruby velvet, Genoese. of the
seventeenth century, for $4,000, and
a large tapestry, Flemish, of the six
teenth century, representing "a Noble
Company at Rural Fete," for $S,6O0
Tapestry Brings $4,000
The second highest price of the ses-
sion-$ 4,000-was paid by w. w. Sea-
man, agent, for beautiful tapestry
enriched with gold, Brussels, of the
Renaissance period, showing "The
Resurrection of Our Lord" Mr. Sea
man also secured six ncedlcwork and
crimson damask curtains, Italian, of
the seventeenth century, for So, 100
and two cisele velvet and drap dor
panels, French, of the Louis XVI pc
riod, for 300.
Miss r. II. Lorenz, agent, purchased
the following items Rose point lace
tlounce, Venetian, of the seventeenth
century, for $1,000; a sixteenth cen:
tury Venetian deep rosaline point
houncc. for $4,000; Spanish golc
embroidered green velvet regal robe
Of tho Renaissance period, for $1,000;
Genoese gold embroidered and ruby
velvet cope, Renaissance period, fol
$2,100, and two superb ruby velvet
palace portieres, Venetian, of the
Gothic period, for SO 800
Two needlcwork crimson velvet dos,
sails, Italian, of the early Renaissance
period, brought $1,000 from Isaac
Mann, and two ruby velvet portieres
Genoese, of the Gothic period, went
to r. II. Lorenz, agent, for $4,000.