Chinese Four Panel Screen Set with Stylized Lattice

Four slender panels with diamond lattice and little rosettes at the crossings.

This four panel screen set with stylized lattice is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is carved elm wood. During the Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1976, a great deal of antique Chinese furniture was burned, confiscated or scattered, which the article says helped start the scarcity of such pieces. Each leaf carries a grid with rosette-like studs at the intersections. Beneath are small carved panels of flowers, then a larger carved round design on the solid lower section, and a pierced bar at the base. Glossy tan-brown. It is 80 inches long, 2 deep and 67 high.

Lots of little patterns and not a single dull corner.