A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD SCREEN
Lot 148 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE (LOTS 146-161)

A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD SCREEN

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed8 December 2011

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A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD SCREEN
MID-18TH CENTURY
Comprising the two end panels of a larger screen, the slightly arched frame carved overall with foliate scrolls and flowerheads, each panel covered in blue floral cut velvet to one side and night blue silk velvet to the reverse, the cresting and apron centred with floral sprays, on scrolled foliate supports
Each leaf: 59¾ in. (152 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide

Collection Bensimon.
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 November 1981, lot 115.
Collection Lagerfeld, Christie's, Monaco, 28-29 April 2000, lot 68, where acquired by the present owner.