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Screens Dividers
Screens and room dividers attracted textile designers.The largest number were produced from the end of the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth. Large six- and eight-fold screens were constructed, and were especially useful to prevent draughts. Also firescreens and pole screens served to protect ladies and their fair complexions from the aggressive heat in open fires.
Regence Needlework Screen
Price on application
Four-Fold Screen
France, Early 18th Century
Provenance: Collection Duc de Brissac
7ft 7in width x 5ft 1in height
2.31m x 1.55m
(each panel 1ft 10in width, 0.56m)
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Six-Fold Walnut Screen with Embroidered Needlework Panels
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Embroidered to imitate Genoa cut velvet
Screen stamped: "Delanois"
France, 18th Century
14ft 9in width x 5ft 6in height
4.50m x 1.68m
(each panel 2ft 3in, 0.69m width)
