CIRCA 1840, PROBABLY DECORATED BY CHARLOTTE SOMERSET

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN DECOUPAGE MINIATURE THREE-FOLD SCREEN
CIRCA 1840, PROBABLY DECORATED BY CHARLOTTE SOMERSET
Each leaf decorated to both sides with prints of various family members and historical figures including Lord Raglan and Wellington, with initials CEHS; together with an Anglo-Indian ivory-inlaid ebony and porcupine quill bookstand
Each leaf: 15.3/8 in. (39 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

This screen was probably decorated by Charlotte Somerset, eldest daughter of Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan.

Special notice

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