Antique Screens & Paravents

Item No. 950 Italian, Regence Period, gilt and polychrome-painted six-panel screen Inspired by the designs of Claude III Audran, "La Serie des Douze Mois" (The Twelve Month Series"). The frames vigorously carved in silvered wood; the panels 18th century the painting refreshed in the 19th century; each decorated in green grotesque style on gold background depicting zodiac signs and mythological gods. 109" high by 168" wide

Item No. 1046 French, Directoire style paravent Oil on canvas. Late 19th century. 74" wide by 65" tall

Item No. 998 French, Louis XV style firescreen In solid, carved giltwood inset with Beauvais tapestry panel. Mid-19th century.

Item No. 994 Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century. Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France. La Famille Terray. 42½" tall by 26" wide by 13" deep

Item No. 951 Very fine, Louis XV style pare-feu (firescreen) The solid, carved giltwood frame from the early 19th century; the silk tapestry inset from the 18th century. In the manner of "Tilliard."

Item No. 833 Very fine, George III period, chinoiserie paravent (folding screen) In black lacquer with gilt bronze trim and painted and parcel-gilded scenes. Late 18th century.