Lot 284
284
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN EMPIRE MAHOGANY AND PAINTED-CANVAS FOUR-PANEL SCREEN

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details
AN EMPIRE MAHOGANY AND PAINTED-CANVAS FOUR-PANEL SCREEN
early 19th century
Each panel centered by an associated oil on canvas panel decorated with classical figures in various pursuits emblematic of Plenty, the reverse painted with trailing vines within a molded frame
each panel: 72in. high x 22½in. wide (183cm. x 57cm.)

Lot Essay

The classically inspired painted panels of this screen relate to the work of the eighteenth century artist Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (1733-93). These panels were probably executed after his designs for arabesques, engraved by L. Puyot (n.d.), circa 1820.