A batik and mahogany three-fold screen designed by Roelf Gerbrands for Van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam 1919

the three cotton panels batiked in shades of  brown with stylised floral motifs and flowering magnolia branches, the central panel depicting a young woman in exotic dress feeding phaesants, mounted in mahogany frames with carved details, the back lined in Nieuwenhuis fabric in shades of green with a woven stylised floral pattern

Van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam 1970's

Christie's Amsterdam 2006, sale AMS-2731 Leidelmeijer Collection, lot 76

Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch 2004 - 2005, Fata Morgana, de verbeelding van het Oosten. Nederlandse Oriëntalisten 1830 - 1930

Illustrated in: Leidelmeijer 1983, p. 17 (actual piece)

The left panel with a small tear (ca. 3 cm long) in the lower section, a few minor damages and wear along the edges, a few minor stains but overall good. The wood general traces of age, use and wear with some cracks and minor damages, chips and repairs but overall good and original condition
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The work of artisan Roelf Gerbrands (1891 - 1954) clearly shows the influence of his tutor Nieuwenhuis, particularly in the stylised floral patterns Gerbrands used throughout his career (see also lot 305)