Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton
Four Chinese Export painted panels mounted as a four-fold screen, late 18th/19th century, the panels made into a screen in the 19th century
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January 14, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton
Four Chinese Export painted panels mounted as a four-fold screen, late 18th/19th century, the panels made into a screen in the 19th century
painted with a procession, including musicians, dragon dancers and children, each panel with a close nailed leather border, the reverse with impressed paper laid on canvas, the
each panel 199cm. high, 59cm. wide; 6ft, 6½in., 1ft. 11¼in.
For a very similar screen, almost certainly ensuite, see that photographed in the Drawing Room, Brodick Castle in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
These panels are comparable to sets on the wall of the Chinese Room at Carton House in County Kildare, Ireland (see Emile de Bruijn, Chinese Wallpaper In Britain and Ireland, London, 2018, p.81-7). The Carton scheme was installed by the Countess of Kildare in about 1759. The Hamilton panels were most probably acquired by or made into a screen from papers in the Hamilton collection, for Mary, Duchess of Hamilton (1854-1934).