Screen
ca. 1720-1770 (made)
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A six-folded gilt leather screen with a chinoiserie decoration of birds, peonies, trees, grapes, a variety of flowers, rocks etc. The four borders have been decorated with smaller compartments with vases and bowls, made of blue and white porcelain and basketwork, and filled with flowers and fruit. Painted in several colours on a gilded ground which has been punched with several different stamps. The top part (i.e. 12 cm.) of the screen has been cut off (because of damage, or simply to fit in a specific small room). The back of the screen has been painted black with a simple vegetable flower ornamentation in yellow within a yellow line. The punched edging-strips are from a later date.
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Materials and techniques | Gilded leather |
Brief description | A six-folded gilt leather screen with a chinoiserie decoration of birds, peonies, rocks etc. The four borders have been decorated with smaller compartments with vases and bowls, made of porcelain and basketwork, and filled with flowers and fruit. Painted in several colours on a gilded ground, London, ca. 1720-1770. |
Physical description | A six-folded gilt leather screen with a chinoiserie decoration of birds, peonies, trees, grapes, a variety of flowers, rocks etc. The four borders have been decorated with smaller compartments with vases and bowls, made of blue and white porcelain and basketwork, and filled with flowers and fruit. Painted in several colours on a gilded ground which has been punched with several different stamps. The top part (i.e. 12 cm.) of the screen has been cut off (because of damage, or simply to fit in a specific small room). The back of the screen has been painted black with a simple vegetable flower ornamentation in yellow within a yellow line. The punched edging-strips are from a later date. |
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Object history | According to a letter dd. 22/04/1899 this screen has been 'in Mr. Woods's family for at any rate a century'. The screen has been lent to the Museum from 29th June 1899 up to it was given on 22nd June 1912. This style of painting on leather in Chinoiseries style seems to have been a particularity of London makers and is discussed in Jean-Pierre Fournet, Cuirs Dorées, "Cuirs de Courdoue", un art Européen (Château de Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau: 2019), pp. 202-206. |
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Accession number | W.8-1912 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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