Folding screen
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1650 - 1700
Materials
Coromandel lacquer
Measurements
281 x 312 x 1.5 cm
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140026
Summary
A Coromandel lacquer screen of six panels depicting Chinese landscape with borders of flowers.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002.