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Screencirca 1925-1950

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Screen
Place Made: India, Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur
Date Made: circa 1925-1950
Medium: Teakwood; copper, and brass appliqué
Dimensions: Overall: 91 x 108 x 1 1/4 in. (231.14 x 274.32 x 3.17 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Soll R. and Clare Satnick
Accession Number: AC1999.98.1
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: This ornate wooden screen is from one of the major centers of wood carving in northern India, Saharanpur, near New Delhi. The Saharanpur woodworkers are renowned for their skill and trace their lineage back to Kashmiri immigrants in the late 19th century. Unlike LACMA’s Indian wooden screen with pierced panels (M.86.175), this screen features a solid ground with carved and metallic appliqué decoration.

The screen is made of four hinged sections consisting of rectangular panels with shallow relief vegetal designs, primarily scrolling grapevine-and-bunches, set in a framework of uprights with vase finials and cross-rails. Each section has prominent middle register with an oval cartouche inset with a slightly varying Mughal-derived floral spray made of copper and brass appliqué. Rectangular accent panels of similar ornamentation provide design symmetry above and below the central register. The crest rails follow the design program. Each has a central floral medallion that forms the visual and structural apex.

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