Syrie Maugham, Screen with 3 folders
Syrie Maugham (1879-1955)
Screen with 3 folders
circa 1935
A large three-panel folding screen with patinated mirrors mounted on a wooden frame.
Each panel consists of a blackened woodenframe and original patinated beveled mirrors.
Height 220 cm (86 3/4 in) - Width of each pannel 49,5 cm (19 ½ in)-
Depth of each pannel 3 cm (1 ¼ in)
Provenance :
- Private collection, France.
Literature :
- « Syrie Maugham », Pauline C. Metcal, éd. Acanthus Press, New York, 2010, pp. 64 & 152 for a similar model with 4 panels ; p. 211 for a similar model painted by Etienne Drian.
- « The Great lady decorators : the women who defined interior design 1870-1955 », Adam Lewis, éd. Rizzoli, New York, 2008, pp. 89 for a similar model.
