The Folding Screen

Hemming, Charles and Aldbrook, Mark

ISBN 10: 085331778X / ISBN 13: 9780853317784

Published by Lund Humphries Publishers, London, 1999

About this Item

Black boards. Pictorial jacket. 290 x 235 mm. 144 pp. Traces the development of the folding screen, from its conception in the Orient in the eighth century, right up to its appropriation by twentieth-century artists. Well illustrated in colour and b&w. Jacket very lightly dulled at spine, with a little very mild wear at head of spine.

Seller Inventory # 57962

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Folding Screen
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085331778X
• ISBN 13: 9780853317784
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, craft, design

About this title

Synopsis

This study traces the development of the folding screen, from its conception in the Orient during the 8th century, to its adoption by Europeans in the 16th century, right up to its appropriation by 20th-century artists.'

About the Author

Charles Hemming is a decorative artist who paints screens for international clients and contemporary interior designers. He is also the prize-winning author of a number of books on British painting.

Mark Aldbrook is a decorative furniture specialist based in London. He has been a dealer of both antique and modern screens for 10 years.