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House & Garde 
AN EXHIBITION 
of SPANISH ART 
In the Studio of 
David G. Flynn 
An interesting group of Spanish furni¬ 
ture of the nth Century shows a pair 
of arm chairs of walnut covered in a 
crimson damask and edged with fringe 
and galoon of the epoch. Above the 
mantel hangs a portrait of Isabella 
Clara Eugenia, daughter of Philippe 
11 of Spain, by Alonzo Sanches Coello. 
At each side are gold carved wood 
mirrors of beautiful workmanship. 
The brocatelle on the mantel is crim¬ 
son in a classic design of the 16tk 
Century 
The carved oak 16th Century chest 
below is backed by an lith Century 
velvet with the royal arms of Portugal 
in gold and multi-colored silks. At 
the right is a nth Century table with 
iron stretcher, on which stands an ex¬ 
quisite little inlaid jewel cabinet. The 
16th Century wrought iron lamp 
bracket has a design of fleur de Us and 
the imperial Spanish coat of arms. 
The strip of velvet over the table is 
Louis XIV in velour frappe maroon 
a museum piece 
Against a beautiful nth Century piece 
of green Spanish damask stands an 
oak chest, lovely in the simplicity of 
its carving and dignity of proportion. 
On it is a child’s toy chair of the 
same epoch carved in pine. At each 
side are Spanish tiles of the nth 
Century and above hangs a tile in 
polychrome showing a coat of arms 
of the nth Century. The paihtea 
frieze is of the 16th Century ana 
shows the departure of the mission 
aries for America 
