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Four-leaf folding screen (Paravent)

Four-leaf folding screen (Paravent), ca. 1780, Carved and gilded walnut and poplar; upholstered with 18th-century blue and s…

Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Carved and gilded walnut and poplar; upholstered with 18th-century blue and silver silk lampas
Dimensions: Overall: 54 × 82 × 1 1/4 in. (137.2 × 208.3 × 3.2 cm); Width (each panel): 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
Culture: French
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 69.9.1
Credit line: Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir, 1968

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