M309 18th Century 18th century Italian gold leaf

18th century Italian gold leaf fragment (Lucca) with gold dipped metal decoration and draped linen stiffened with marble paste

or another saintly figure in a historical Italian church

5" high x 3

18th century Italian gold leaf fragment decorated with a Calcite crystal in matrix on distressed canvas

M309 18th Century 18th century Italian gold leaf19th century Italian Madonna textile banner with tassels. The portrait was replicated as an oleograph (or chromolithograph) which is a multi color print produced through lithography, popular from the 1860s to early 1900s to replicate oil paintings on canvas. The oleograph is mounted onto the fabric backing and framed with original woven braid and fringe at the bottom. It is designed for wall hanging with a brass bar. The piece creates a sacred and