Catalogue of the extensive and valuable collection of Spanish antiques and textiles : wrought iron work, torcheres, wood carvings, etc. of the XV, XVI, XVII and XVIII, centuries
This is an auction catalogue issued by Clarke Art Galleries in 1921, listing a collection of Spanish antiques, textiles, wrought iron and wood carvings from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries for prospective buyers. The pictures are plain photographs of single objects on white or grey grounds: a rotated iron stand with spiral posts and panels, two domed bronze or pewter discs with raised bosses, and carved Gothic stone or wood canopies with figures. A designer could draw on the sober, object-centred lighting and the dense ornamental motifs of Spanish Gothic and Renaissance metalwork.
