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Pair of Antique papier mâché Face Screens with Chinoiserie decoration.
Circa 1820.
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Description:
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Pair
of Antique papier mâché Face Screens with Chinoiserie decoration.
The
paintings speak for themselves: they have all the crazy elements of Chinoiserie. The perspective is replaced by a whimsical arrangement of
exotic elements creating a fairy tale landscape where the people can
amuse themselves for ever and a day.
On
one screen we have an elephant with round feet and floppy ears, a
pavilion with a stripy curling roof festooned with neoclassical (! What
are they doing here?) swags, kissing exotic birds in flight, exotically
dressed figures, surprising normal looking swans and the inevitable
exuberant gigantic flora.
On
the other we get similar designs only now the pavilion has grown and
even has a cross on the top. The elephant is replaced by a red striped
zebra with a child rider. The leaves and flowers are still fierce.
Intriguingly near the pond the round flowers (?) are now upwards.
On
the back the flowers are more normal and recognisable even if the
butterflies are rather strange. Roses, sunflowers, foxgloves, peonies
and one or two exotics.
These
screens have no handles. They were made to be attached to fixed stands
near the fire. They are very decorative in their own right and great
fun.
Origin:
UK ; Circa: 1820 ; Materials: papier mâché
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Size: Screen 31.5 cm
wide by 26.2cm; 12.4 inches wide by 10.4 inches;.
The screens are larger than usual and have never had handles.
Condition:
Please
refer to the above photographs for details of condition.
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On the back the flowers are more normal and recognisable even if the butterflies are
rather strange.
Roses, sunflowers, foxgloves, peonies and one or two exotics.
These screens have no handles.
I don't think they were ever
much used, just treasured and protected.
They were made to be attached to fixed stands near the fire. They are very decorative in their own right and great fun.
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On the back the flowers are more normal and recognisable even if the butterflies are
rather strange.
Roses, sunflowers, foxgloves, peonies and one or two exotics.
These screens have no handles.
I don't think they were ever
much used, just treasured and protected.
They were made to be attached to fixed stands near the fire. They are very decorative in their own right and great fun.
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On one screen we have an elephant with round feet and floppy ears, a pavilion with a
stripy curling roof festooned with neoclassical (!
What are they doing here?) swags,
kissing exotic birds in flight, exotically dressed figures, surprising normal looking
swans and the inevitable exuberant gigantic flora.
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A Chinese woman with a pointed hat leads the elephant by his
trunk.
a ground, then the gold-leaf then the over painting
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A Chinese woman with a parasol holds the hand of a
young pig-tailed girl kneeling in front of her.
The feet!
Shoes of attitude.
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Surprising normal looking swans and the inevitable exuberant gigantic flora.
The leaves with gold leaf under and then painted in
with the black and transparent red.
It is a life form hovering over the swans!
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Kissing exotic birds in flight: love birds.
The beaks and the wings just touch, while the
eyes look out at you.
There is another version of this with the birds
further apart on the other screen.
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A Chinese woman with a pointed hat leads the elephant by his trunk.
His eyes are created by four little dots in white: the master touch!
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The Elephant is very round.
the tusks are small this is a young overfed elephant!
The eyes!
Look you straight in the eye,
and if you look in you will be transported to the magical land where
girls in shoes with pointy up toes ...
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The leaves and flowers are still fierce.
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The leaves and flowers are still fierce.
This is painted
layer painted
the line drawing is first
then the green
then the red
then the yellow
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Kissing exotic birds in flight: love birds.
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The perspective is replaced by a whimsical arrangement of exotic elements creating a fairy tale landscape where the people can amuse themselves for ever and a day.
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Please click on images to enlarge | slide show | thumbnail index |
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On the other we get similar designs only now the pavilion has grown and even has a cross on the top. The elephant is replaced by a red striped zebra with a child rider.
The leaves and flowers are still fierce. Intriguingly near the pond the round flowers (?) are now upwards.
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