Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of Susie Hilfiger, Greenwich, Connecticut
A Continental Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Wallpaper Four-Fold Screen, 19th Century
Lot Closed
April 4, 03:31 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Continental Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Wallpaper Four-Fold Screen, 19th Century
each arched panel inset with large panels of Chinese wallpaper painted with figures in landscapes with pagodas, exotic birds below the borders with gilt borders, flowers, and birds
height 96 in.; width of each panel 27 in.
243.8 cm; 68.6 cm
The Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Sotheby's New York, September 11, 1997, lot 92 ($119,600)
The screen formed part of the interior of York House, circa 1910, and was one of the pieces which formed part of the Duke’s allowance of furniture shipped to France following the Abdication. The screen later stood in the Entrance Hall at 24 Boulevard Suchet, Paris.