Antique French Style Three Panel Folding Screen, Floral Decorated Canvas, Brass Nailhead Border

$800.00

Three-panel folding screen, canvas over wood frames, late 19th or early 20th century.

Each panel decorated with the same design on an ochre ground: a central bouquet of carnations and roses within a scrolled cartouche, flower garlands and ribbon swags above, foliate scrolls below, in rose, sage and charcoal. Edged with domed brass nailheads. The reverse in plain ochre canvas, each outer panel with a cut hand-hold at the top.

Overall crackle to the surface. An L-shaped tear to the lower centre of the left panel, a slit near its top and a small tear at its lower left corner. Fabric hinge strips lifting in places. Small white paint marks to the front. Scratches, scuffs and a water stain to the reverse.

Each panel 36 x 11 x 1 in / 91 x 28 x 2.5 cm

Three-panel folding screen, canvas over wood frames, late 19th or early 20th century.

Each panel decorated with the same design on an ochre ground: a central bouquet of carnations and roses within a scrolled cartouche, flower garlands and ribbon swags above, foliate scrolls below, in rose, sage and charcoal. Edged with domed brass nailheads. The reverse in plain ochre canvas, each outer panel with a cut hand-hold at the top.

Overall crackle to the surface. An L-shaped tear to the lower centre of the left panel, a slit near its top and a small tear at its lower left corner. Fabric hinge strips lifting in places. Small white paint marks to the front. Scratches, scuffs and a water stain to the reverse.

Each panel 36 x 11 x 1 in / 91 x 28 x 2.5 cm