Three leaf screen
Category
Leatherwork
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Leather and wood
Measurements
1520 x 500 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937344
Summary
A three leaf embossed leather screen, with gold ground and painted decoration of birds (standing in profile), vines with bunches of green and black grapes, hairy caterpillars and flowers and leaves, the flowers in shades of red, yellow and orange. The reverse of the wood frame is black lacquered and the reverse of the leather is also black laquered and has a narrow red border to each section.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).