Description:
Continental Jacobethan-style Three-panel Carved Oak, Caned, and Painted LeatherFloor Screen, c. 1900, each panel with reticulated crest carved as two putti flanking a flower-filled urn, over barley-twist stiles and oval caned medallion inset with central shield, above polychrome-painted leather panels decorated with flowers, fruit, and birds, ht. 70 1/2, wd. of each panel 22 7/8 in.
Estimate $300-500
Minor loss to caning. Lacking fabric backing. Loss and peeling to leather and paint along bottom of two panels. Hinges rusted.
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