Excerpt from Rare Textiles: The Collection Formed by Messrs. Vitall and Leopold Benguiat, Paris and New York; Tapestries, Embroideries, Velvets, Brocades and Laces, Including Many Museum Specimens From the Davanzati Palace Collection and From Other Palaces and Churches in Italy White Silk ground, richly embroidered in gold and accents of silks with floral forms, scrolling leaves and cruciform designs. Gold fringe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.