PAIR OF LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XVI, PAINTED, TWO-FOLD FLOOR SCREENS,Made ca. 1780. Oil on canvas. Each panel has frame with double-domed crest over painted riverscape with figures amidst ruins or fanciful harbors with sailing vessels and figures loading cargo, within a trompe l'oeil rectangular frame, above a trompe l'oeil wainscot with key fret molding and oval vedute within a rectangular frame hung with bowknot; reverse painted with chinoiserie pagodas. - Each panel, H: 78 ½". W: 27 ½". Estimate $2,500-3,500
Condition: very good; some wear to paint at bottom; light beige velvet surround binding of later date.