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A two-fold screen of painted leather

19TH CENTURY

Details
A two-fold screen of painted leather
19th century
Inset with panels of painted leather depicting exotic birds and foliage
55in. (140cm.) wide, 72in. (183cm.) high
Provenance
The Earls of Caledon, Tyttenhanger, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, sold Ralph Pay & Ransom House Sale, 27-29 June 1972, lot 290.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The colourful leather panels may have formed part of 17th century wall-hangings introduced to Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire by Sir Thomas Blount, 1st Bt. (d. l697). The screen may have been made by Catherine, Countess of Caledon, who inherited Tyttenhanger on her mother's death in 1858.

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