A magnificent Fireplace screen made in carved and gilded wood in the neoclassical style and upholstered in yellow silk taffeta with woven silk medallions depicting pastoral scenes.
Richly decorated, the frame is carved with interlaced foliage arabesques, tied in the center of the base by a ribbon and branches of roses, and crowned on both sides with a garland of flowers tied together, curvilinear legs carved with scrolls and floral garlands
Replica of a set composed of a canape, two bergeres, four fauteuils and a fireplace screen made by Jean-Baptiste Tillard in 1778 under the direction of the merchand-mercier Darnault for the Comte de Gamaches. Due to the exceptional quality of craftsmanship, worthy of sovereigns the entire set was purchased in 1784 by the Royal furniture repository to furnish an apartment at the Chateau de Versailles for the Royal visit of Gustave III, King of Sweden.
Later sent to the Chateau de Compiegne to fit the library of Kind Louis XVI.
Currently exposed at the Grand Salon de Madame Victoire at the chateau de Versailles. Paris.
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