A VICTORIAN FOUR FOLD GILT AND POLYCHROME DECORATED EMBOSSED LEATHER SCREEN
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A VICTORIAN FOUR FOLD GILT AND POLYCHROME DECORATED EMBOSSED LEATHER SCREEN

LATE 19TH CENTURY

已結束2015年4月28日

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GBP 3,250

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A VICTORIAN FOUR FOLD GILT AND POLYCHROME DECORATED EMBOSSED LEATHER SCREEN
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With royal emblems, including the Order of the Garter, Tudor rose, portcullis, fleur-de-lis, Scottish thistle and star, all with crowns above and two mottoes ‘ICH DIEN’ and ‘DIE ET MON DROIT’, restored
64 ½in. (164 cm.) high; 64 in. (162.5 cm.) wide

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This screen displays many of the royal emblems and symbols that were adopted by Charles Barry when he redesigned the Palace of Westminster after the fire of 1834. The portcullis was a greatly favoured motif as a symbol of strength and redoubtability.