THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A LARGE EMBROIDERED AND WOVEN SILK-PANELLED FOUR-LEAF SCREEN, attractively decorated on the front four sides with cream-ground extensive landscapes embroidered in shades of light and dark blue, orange, ivory and salmon, each with elegant ladies variously examining a panel of calligraphy, crossing a bridge, making music on a terrace, and poling a tree-trunk raft, the back mounted with yellow silk, in a hinged giltwood surround (some old wear), the silk landscape panels 19th Century

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A LARGE EMBROIDERED AND WOVEN SILK-PANELLED FOUR-LEAF SCREEN, attractively decorated on the front four sides with cream-ground extensive landscapes embroidered in shades of light and dark blue, orange, ivory and salmon, each with elegant ladies variously examining a panel of calligraphy, crossing a bridge, making music on a terrace, and poling a tree-trunk raft, the back mounted with yellow silk, in a hinged giltwood surround (some old wear), the silk landscape panels 19th Century
each leaf approximately 282 x 70cm.

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