Lot 280: Six Panel Continental Chinoiserie Painted Leather Screen

Six Panel Continental Chinoiserie Painted Leather Screen
leather front having painted decoration depicting flower arrangements in Asian style porcelain vases, bowl of fruit, birds nesting amongst flowering trees with swimming ducks and floating lotus blossoms along the lower edge, all within border decorated with fan and cartouche shapes, each panel having brass tracked edges, the reverse having ebonized painted wooden frame and later fabric with gilt stenciled floral designs
height 95 1/2 inches, length 129 inches
Provenance: Case Antiques Inc. Auctions & Appraisals July 24, 2021
Condition: leather panels have been backed with 20th century fabric leather having cracking, lifting, and craquelure pattern across all panels, some losses to edges of leather at separation / cracking, wear and scattered exfoliation to painted leather surfaces, scuffs to painted wooden frame

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Estimate: $1000- $2000

Auction Date: April 26, 2025

Realized Price: $2074