An Italian giltwood and leather three-leaf screen

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

An Italian giltwood and leather three-leaf screen
Late 19th Century
Each panel with a shaped bevelled mirror plate within a foliate and rockwork shaped frame, above a gilt and polychrome-decorated tooled leather panel centred by a pair of cloudborne cherubs within a scrolled cartouche, with a further panel below, on scrolled feet, some damage to the leather panels
62in. (157.5cm.) wide overall; 80in. (203cm.) high

Provenance

Sold in these rooms 3 November 1994, lot 192.

Lot Essay

The baroque style of this screen, with its use of polychromed tooled leather panels can be attributed to the Florentine workshop of Mariano Coppedè. He established his La Casa Artistica in Chiesa di Santa Croce in 1875, showing at the International Exhibitions during the later years of the century.

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