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Qing-Style Screen Depicting Xie An at the Eastern Mountains
(China )
Gracie Studio (formerly Charles R. Gracie and Sons, Inc.) manufactured this four-paneled lacquer screen in New York as a 20th-century reproduction of a 17th-century Chinese original. In the United States, interest in Chinese lacquer screens was popularized in the 1960s and ’70s by wealthy collectors. Charles R. Gracie and Sons advertised the manufacture of reproductions that allowed patrons to indulge in a luxurious look at a slightly lower price-point. The brochure for this screen advertised the studio's reproduction services. Patrons could customize the color and dimensions to suit the decor of their homes.
Provenance
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Chambers Interior and Industrial Design; Miss Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore, September 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by bequest.
Geographies
United States, New York, New York City
(Place of Origin)
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Each of 4 panels, H: 86 × W: 23 7/8 × D: 1 1/2 in. (218.44 × 60.64 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Dorothy McIlvain Scott, 2012
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
67.675