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LINLEY introduces the Pagoda Screen which takes its inspiration from the exotic and distinctive Chinoiserie bed at Badminton House.
The bed, commissioned by the 4th Duke and Duchess of Beaufort for the Chinese bedroom, was designed and made by John Linnell and his father William Linnell for Badminton House in 1754 and in turn takes its inspiration from the architecture of Chinese pagodas.
LINLEY has drawn on the design of the fretted backboard of the bed to create the four panels of the screen. This Chinoiserie style, similar to that of garden tea pavilions found in large gardens throughout Britain and Europe from circa 1730, was particularly popular for ladies’ bedrooms and dressing rooms. Echoing this, mirrors have been added to the top of each panel on the LINLEY screen. These serve a practical purpose in a dressing room, but equally their addition reflects and enhances the light in a room.
The fretwork of the screen has been created using marquetry inlay of dark Macassar ebony and ripple sycamore. To add depth and give the illusion of 3D pattern, different shades of ripple sycamore and ebony have been used. The screen is made up of four panels, with slotted nickel butt hinges allowing the panels to be disassembled easily. The intricate marquetry and mirrored panels are repeated on both sides of the screen ensuring that wherever the screen is placed the pattern remains in view.
The Pagoda Screen is both adaptable and functional, but equally beautiful; an ideal way to sub-divide open plan space in a non- intrusive way.
Dimensions: H1900 x W2400 mm (width of one panel: 600mm)
Limited edition : 1 of 1 (sold in 2011)
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