19th Century French Hand-Painted Folding Screen

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A French large-sized, hand-painted folding screen or room divider, from the 19th century. This antique accordion style folding screen from … more A French large-sized, hand-painted folding screen or room divider, from the 19th century. This antique accordion style folding screen from France features six tall paneled sections with nicely arched top-rails, connected with hinges, giving this piece a height just over 5.5 feet, and approximately 12.25 feet wide when fully stretched. Each of the framed sections are covered in a hand painted fabric stretched on frames, depicting young boys at play and with various musical instruments, within a lovely landscape setting. The back-sides of this piece are more modestly decorated with painted panels embellished with scrolling leaves at corners for emphasis. This 19th century French screen with hand-painted canvas, would be a beautiful room divider, dressing screen, or perhaps used to add visual interest and fill a corner space within a larger room. less