ID 1027523
Lot 242 | A DUTCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILT-GROUND EMBOSSED LEATHER SIX-PANEL SCREEN
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
MECHELEN, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Decorated overall in Chinoiserie motifs within a decorative border with dragon cartouches, the inner border consisting of panels depicting Chinese interior scenes, porcelain and other domestic objects, the four central leaves decorated with intricate foliage and flowers, exotic birds and ducks, the leather panels mounted on a largely later stained walnut frame; some losses and tears to the leather decoration
96 in. (244 cm.) high, 21 ½ in. (55 cm.) wide, 1 in. (3 cm.) deep, each panel
96 in. (244 cm.) high, 130 in. (330 cm.) wide, 1 in. (3 cm.) deep, overall
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
'Château de fêtes du temps des crinolines : Ferrières’, Plaisir de France, December 1969, p. 68, no. 373.
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Visites privées, hôtels particuliers de Paris, Paris, 1999, p. 9.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Leather, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture, Furniture and Lamps |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Leather, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture, Furniture and Lamps |
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