CARLO BUGATTI | Four-panel screen, circa 1898

vellum, brass, ebonised wood, walnut, pewter and brass inlays and silk passementerie

Galerie Beaubourg, Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Vence, Bugatti, July-September 1995

Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 39 (for a three-panel screen)
For a period photograph of the Turin exhibition :
Henry Hawley, Bugatti, Cleveland, 1999, p. 13
Marie-Madeleine Massé, Carlo Bugatti au musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2001, p. 51
Amanda Dunsmore, Bugatti, Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean, Mulgrave, 2009, p. 12

Very good restored condition. This lot has been previously fully restored by a professional restorer. The wooden elements present with the usual minute scratches, small dents and small chips, consistent with age and use. The wood presents with some small cracks, including a few previously restored ones, inherent to the aging of the wood and mostly concentrated to the ebonized wood elements. The vellum has most likely been re-placed at a later date and presents with a few light creases, a few light scratches, light scuffs and some rare and light instances of discoloration. There are a few tiny holes in the vellum around the passementeries, most likely caused by the square brass elements included in the passementeries. The brass elements present with very light tarnishing and with a few rare traces of oxidation.
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This model of a screen has been exhibited at the 1898 Esposizione Generale Italiana in Turin.