Chinese Tall Eight-Panel Carved and Painted Lacquer
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Chinese Tall Eight-Panel Carved and Painted Lacquer Floor Screen
second half of the 20th century, black field with figures in a courtyard in gilt highlights with red floor, verso with birds and flowering vines, on casters.
95 x 144 in.
From the Collection of the late Sterling Boyd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sterling Boyd was a consummate collector and Southern gentleman. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied art history at Sewanee: The University of the South, Oberlin College, and received his doctorate from Princeton University. He shared his enthusiasm for the fine arts through positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Boyd also taught and mentored future art historians at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and later headed the art department at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Following his academic and museum careers, Sterling Boyd channeled his talents for interior design and decoration. His Raleigh apartment was a cabinet of curiosities, each item carefully collected from his world travels and perfectly placed in his jewel box of a home.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
second half of the 20th century, black field with figures in a courtyard in gilt highlights with red floor, verso with birds and flowering vines, on casters.
95 x 144 in.
From the Collection of the late Sterling Boyd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sterling Boyd was a consummate collector and Southern gentleman. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied art history at Sewanee: The University of the South, Oberlin College, and received his doctorate from Princeton University. He shared his enthusiasm for the fine arts through positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Boyd also taught and mentored future art historians at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and later headed the art department at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Following his academic and museum careers, Sterling Boyd channeled his talents for interior design and decoration. His Raleigh apartment was a cabinet of curiosities, each item carefully collected from his world travels and perfectly placed in his jewel box of a home.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
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Edge chips to lacquer; some surface spotting.
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Chinese Tall Eight-Panel Carved and Painted Lacquer
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