Draught screen
Category
Furniture
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
paper, canvas, wood & leather
Measurements
2440 x 430 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287506
Summary
Large 6 leaf screen covered with printed Chinese paper, the edges sealed with strips of leather fastened with decorative giltmetal pins. The paper is painted with a repeated pattern, printed in two sets of colours with a white ground on one side and a black ground on the reverse. The design shows a Chinese family in a garden. A group of people in a temple-type building are holding banners, uniting with the garden scene. About two repeats fills one length of the screen. Canvas backing on wood frame. Late 19th century.