hand-painted oriental folding wood screen with faux leather finish
Faux Leather Oriental Screen
oriental screens HPS3112
overall - 120"W x 84"H
each panel - 20"W
list price: $ 3360.00
your price: $ 2585.00
special: $ 2200.00
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This beautiful six-panel oriental screen is hand-crafted from wood and has an antiqued faux leather finish with hand-painted design
featuring flowers and birds. The back of the folding screen is finished in crackled black and has a simple gold floral design. Each panel
of the oriental screen has a border trimmed with antiqued brass nail heads on the front and back. Central border of this oriental folding
screen features eighteen original flower arrangements. Main screens composition presents a large variety of blossoming trees, flowers and
birds. This folding screen is imported by Decorative Crafts, Inc
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- Interesting To Know -
Pigeons and doves are painted among other birds on this magnificent oriental screen. Pigeons and doves have lived on the grounds of oriental
temples and being included in the decorative motifs for a long time. Regarded as symbols of peace and, by extension, the achievement of martial
strength or victory. Consistent with ancient Chinese tradition they are also symbols of marital fidelity, fertility, and the skyward flight of
the soul.
Wild geese are also incorporated in the hand painted design of this oriental folding screen. The southward migration of wild geese in autumn was
so celebrated in the Orient, that it led to the incredible popularity of this bird as a decorative motif in the fine and applied arts. First used
by Chinese painters, decorative motifs featuring wild geese later were adopted in Japan. The importance of this bird in oriental art was further
secured by stories of several military heroes who had achieved victory in battle when a sudden breaking of ranks by flying geese signaled an ambush.
This protective role of the birds led to their frequent use in decorating furnishings, folding screens, and possibly also their adoption as a decor
as a family crest motif. In Japan, as in China, people associate geese with wedding bliss.
This stunning oriental screen is richly painted in realistic manner. Hand-pained design of the folding screen featuring blooming plum trees, peonies,
lotus flowers, orchids, and moonflowers. Among painted birds you can see pigeons and doves, geese, cranes, herons, pheasants, and ducks. This
substantial oriental folding screen will create a perfect backdrop or can be used as a decorative room divider
* images used on this page are courtesy of Decorative Crafts, Inc
