BY CHARLES BERNEL, PARIS, DATED 1914
Details
A French giltwood and tapestry fire-screen
By Charles Bernel, Paris, Dated 1914
The feather-carved frame with scroll cartouche crest flanked by floral chains, the blue-ground tapestry with a panel decorated with a vase of poppies and other wild flowers, a butterfly below, within a convolvulus and daisy scrolled border, on scrolled acanthus-carved feet, stamped to the underside of the frame CHARLES BERNEL/PARIS 1914
29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide; 47½ in. (120.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
By Charles Bernel, Paris, Dated 1914
The feather-carved frame with scroll cartouche crest flanked by floral chains, the blue-ground tapestry with a panel decorated with a vase of poppies and other wild flowers, a butterfly below, within a convolvulus and daisy scrolled border, on scrolled acanthus-carved feet, stamped to the underside of the frame CHARLES BERNEL/PARIS 1914
29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide; 47½ in. (120.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, presented to the Royal couple during a visit to Paris in 1914.