A Superb Large French 19thC Painted Ceiling Rose Plafonnier sub-Antiques many folding screens were being

many folding screens were being imported from China to Europe

they produced Scottish designs with brilliant faceted stones

Julius Caesar for example

The level of skill seen in the painting is pretty high

preserved and mounted on a ebonised two step octagonal circular wooden pedestal base showing a mature sparrowhawk feasting upon its sparrow prey

A Superb Large French 19thC Painted Ceiling Rose Plafonnier sub-Antiques many folding screens were beingOrigin: French Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Diameter: 26 inches Height: 6 inches (at maximum) The large wooden French ceiling rose or plafonnier, profusely carved with garlands and wreaths with central rose head, the whole carved in one piece and with the original pale green painted surface surviving from nineteenth century France. The piece is in good overall condition and does not suffer form losses or