The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Rare Collection of
Italian Antiques
on Exhibition Here
Furniture and Textiles Made
for Kings Shown at Amer
lean Galleries.

Lovers OF nediaeval lislian al, will
rally to the Amesican ~. Associa ton
galleries, for The Cattadori collection OF
antiques, now on public view there. re-
calls many or The phases of the great
Renaissance and, besides, in addition
10 the intrinsic interest OF the objects
themselves. they have now been ar
tanSed with such admira Die care and
insight that rev aspects OF beauty ap-
real for fhe modern uses OF them. Tiey
viii be placed on sale April II TO 10.
The furniture, textiles, laces. tapes
tries and sculptures are Of the kind that
were originally made for the kings and
princes, and though they have changed
owners many times they are OF the
sort that will continue to appeal TO the
great of the earth. The present collec-
ton was recruited by Mr.. Cattadori. the
we'll known connoisseur Of Venice. from
noble collections, some OF the pieces
coming from the Dowaeer Queen OF
Italy. the Borghese Palace. ths Carac-
cioli, the Doria Palace and the coilec-
tlons of Stefano Bardini and the Count
Camille Benso di Cavour.
The exhibition is wonderfully rich In
rare textiles. These are mostly of an
ecclesiastical order, including splen-
did gold needle painted Spanish cope,
dating from the sixteenth century and
coming from the church OF the Esperitu
Santo. Salamanca, and another from
the same century that was made in
italy: many gold embroidered dalmat-
los, chasubles, hoods and orphreys. the
designs ir many OF these pieces bsins
as amazing as the needlework.
The cabinets, chairs, tables and bed
steads. have the noble lines that are
now familiar 10 students Of the Renals-
lima n a
daring as it Is assured. There are many
cassoni, needlework screens, torcheres
and even a Venetian sedan chair or
great elegance. The window and bal
cony grills for which Venice Is famous
have been used at the American ART
Association as ingenious wall decora-
tions for which they seem we'll adapted
Among the group of rare clocks is one
that belonged TO Queen Margherita ~
Italy. II Is mounted porcelain CLOCK
with quaint K'ang-hsi figures, the
works being from Godin Of Paris. \
very beautiful Doccia clock was made
for the Marchese Carlo Ginori In the
eighteenth century. A pair of bronze
wall brackets for electric lights have
been si.,ned by the eminent French
ciseleur, Payot: porcelain chanoeiler
In Capo dc Monte style came from ire
Doria Palace, and two fine rock cfystai /
candlesticks were part of the Bardi7i
collection.
r,he decorative and portrait paintings
include examples by Boucher. Guarri.
Giulio Romano and Lorenzeta, whi!e
two sculptors. Cellini and Bandineii'
who were famous rivals during tnei "
lifetime. again compete for chiei
scu,ptural honors. in the Cattadori en-
hjbition. The eighteenth century faEs
and the flet laces are remarkable la
decorative and historical Interest, ana
the early faience Includes specimens OF
Caffagiolo. Savona and Della Ronnia
4 The tapestries include Renaissance
/ specimen from Lord Brayes coilectoh,
4 and a gros point hanging has the adoeo
value Of being reproduced from car
I toon BY Tiepolo.