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Pair of Antique papier mâché Face Screens with Chinoiserie decoration.
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Description:
Ref: 156fs http://hygra.com/face/156fs
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.
Keywords: Hygra.com, Antique
box, Antique Face Screen, fan, fire screen, papier mâché,
Chinoiserie, exotic, elephant (painting of, 19th Centaury, elephant with round feet and floppy ears,
fairy tale landscape, Cathay,
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