Lot Essay
A comparable fragment with simular squirrel motif is illustrated in E.H. Glass, Bedeutender goldledertopeten 1550-1900, Essen, 1998, nr 139, pp. 230-231.
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CIRCA 1730-1740
Details
Five Dutch gilt-embossed and polychrome-decorated leather panels
CIRCA 1730-1740
Each decorated with scrolling foliage and flowers centred by a cup-shaped stylized scallop with a squirrel, fruit and nuts, all five panels have been taken from larger panels with the same design
Each 76 cm. high x 45 cm. wide (5)
CIRCA 1730-1740
Each decorated with scrolling foliage and flowers centred by a cup-shaped stylized scallop with a squirrel, fruit and nuts, all five panels have been taken from larger panels with the same design
Each 76 cm. high x 45 cm. wide (5)
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