Four-leaf screen in carved wood and marouflaged with Bérain-style paintings. Each pediment has a woman's head wearing a veil and surrounded by a shell motif. The upper part in openwork wood is finely carved and engraved with arabesque motifs and cut leather. The uprights are treated as fluted pilasters. The central part is a marouflaged canvas with grotesque Bérain designs with fine symmetrical arabesques and a dancing putto with a ribbon. In the lower moulded part there is a heraldic motif with an oval coat of arms surrounded by two different birds on each panel: cranes, parrots, vultures and pigeons. The back of the screen has a smooth, undecorated finish with a gold-coloured silk covering.
This is a work of the 19th-century eclectic movement, reproducing the productions of the late 17th - early 18th centuries popular under Louis XIV.
Jean Bérain (1640-1711) was an ornamental painter who served as draughtsman to the Chamber and Cabinet of King Louis XIV in 1674. He was responsible for the renewal of grotesque ornamentation at the end of the 17th century. The style à la Bérain is characterized by compositions of arabesques, dancing figures and foliage treated in a centered, symmetrical manner. There is also a certain taste for classical architecture. Décor à la Bérain is particularly evident in sculpted decorations and marquetry.
19th century
Circa: 1870
Dim: L168, P2, H195
Condition report: In good condition. Natural wear over time.
- Reference :
- 3121
- Width :
- 168 (cm)
- Height :
- 195 (cm)
- Depth :
- 2 (cm)
