A DUTCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILT-GROUND EMBOSSED LEATHER SIX-PANEL SCREEN

Lot 242
12.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 242 | A DUTCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILT-GROUND EMBOSSED LEATHER SIX-PANEL SCREEN
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
A DUTCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILT-GROUND EMBOSSED LEATHER SIX-PANEL SCREEN

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.
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