Chinese Four Panel Screen Set with Stylized Lattice

Four-leaf screen with a square-key pattern and a medallion below, standing at attention.

This four panel screen set with stylized lattice is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is carved elm wood. Collectors generally weigh aesthetics, age, condition, design, origin and provenance when judging antique furniture, though the article argues that scarcity ends up with the greatest influence on value. Bottom rails have pierced scroll strips. Tall panels with open frets of squares and crosses at the top, a row of carved flowers at the middle, and solid lower panels carved in round medallions. Orange-brown with a clean finish. It is 80 inches long, 2 deep and 67 high.

Divides a room and charms it in one go.