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Lot 1200 Dα

A folding screen with arabesque decor

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

A folding screen with arabesque decor

Painted wooden frame with printed wallpaper covers. The four curved panels connected via hinges. Decorated with tendrils and figures in vertical arrangements on a pale grey ground. Restored. H 181.5, W 240 cm, W of one panel 59.5 cm.
France, c. 1790.

Provenance

South German aristocratic ownership.

Literature

Illus. in: Bieri Thomson (ed.), „Tapeten – Wände sprechen Bände“, Zurich 2010, illus. p. 28 ff.

Exhibitions

Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum Schloss Prangin 2010.