Lot 223
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A VICTORIAN GREEN AND GILT-EMBOSSED-LEAF LEATHER SCREEN
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A VICTORIAN GREEN AND GILT-EMBOSSED-LEAF LEATHER SCREEN

19TH CENTURY, REUSING EARLIER LEATHER PANELS, POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY J.G. CRACE

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A VICTORIAN GREEN AND GILT-EMBOSSED-LEAF LEATHER SCREEN
19TH CENTURY, REUSING EARLIER LEATHER PANELS, POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY J.G. CRACE
Decorated overall with foliage and flowers, with brass-studded borders, the leather possibly previously wallpaper panels
81 in. (206 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

Pugin's decorator J.G. Crace gave a detailed description of their wallpaper as 'a deep warm green flock, on brown leather ground relieved with gold'. It is conceivable therefore that this screen may re-use some of the Pugin/Crace wallpaper, although it is also possible that the leather panels may have been re-used from one of the '2 Gilt leather folding Screens 4.4.0' listed in the Best Staircase in the 1795 Inventory.

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