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A French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Screen

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A French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Screen
<B>A French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Three-fold Screen</B></I><BR><BR>Unknown maker, France<BR>Nineteenth Century<BR>Gilded wood, pastel on paper, silk, mirrored glass, glass<BR><BR>Each panel with a molded frame surmounted by a pierced ribbon-tie motif, below is an oval insert glazed and molded frame containing a female portrait in eighteenth century costume drawn in pastels, below is a larger frame inset with pale green silk material conforming to the reverse.<BR><BR>This screen appeared in the films <I>Gosford Park</B></I> (2002) and <I>Hamlet</B></I> (1996)<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR> Ken Paul Collection, London, sold Sotheby's, London, March 13-15, 2002<BR> Hendershott Collection