Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

The Magnificent Benguiat Collection [SIGNED]

New York: The American Art Galleries, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Louis Comfort Tiffany on front free endpaper. Quarto. Unpaginated. Rebound in red cloth retaining the original illustrated covers. Illustrated catalog of the unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries on April 10, 11 and 12, 1924. The collection has been acquired by Vitall and Leopold Benguiat from their brother David Benguiat, London, know to the English public and throughout Europe, as one of the greatest experts on textiles. David Benguiat established himself in London in 1878 and from that time on he has been consulted by the leading museums of England and the continent. Drawn to collect English embroideries he acquired many Tudor, Jacobean and Georgian specimen, Genoese velvets, Jardinière velvet panels, gold needle-painted Renaissance Italian and Spanish ecclesiastical vestments, banners, covers and palace baldachinos, some of the highlights of this extraordinary collection of altogether 650 lots. Illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of items in this collection throughout. Binding with light wear along edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #43992

Price: $175.00