A RARE SUITE OF FOUR LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS AFTER A DESIGN BY FRANÇOIS DESPORTES, CIRCA 1719-39, THE LOUIS XVI-STYLE SCREEN 19TH CENTURY Woven in wool and now fitted as a four-panel beechwood screen carved with guilloche motif on casters, each panel set within frames of foliate arabesques against a brown ground, depicting from left to right a parrot and crested egret perched on a trellis with climbing roses and fowl in the foreground, two leopards beneath a pair of parrots, two foxes beneath vines and a toucan, and two monkeys on a fruit bush with rabbits in the foreground, beige silk backing 69 ½ in. (176.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, each panel 74 ¼ in. (188.5 cm.) high; 136 ¼ in. (345.4 cm.) wide; 1 ½ in. (4 cm.) deep, overall
A RARE SUITE OF FOUR LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS AFTER A DESIGN BY FRANÇOIS DESPORTES, CIRCA 1719-39, THE LOUIS XVI-STYLE SCREEN 19TH CENTURY Woven in wool and now fitted as a four-panel beechwood screen carved with guilloche motif on casters, each panel set within frames of foliate arabesques against a brown ground, depicting from left to right a parrot and crested egret perched on a trellis with climbing roses and fowl in the foreground, two leopards beneath a pair of parrots, two foxes beneath vines and a toucan, and two monkeys on a fruit bush with rabbits in the foreground, beige silk backing 69 ½ in. (176.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, each panel 74 ¼ in. (188.5 cm.) high; 136 ¼ in. (345.4 cm.) wide; 1 ½ in. (4 cm.) deep, overall
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