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Chinese Coromandel screens


Identification code: 300265171



Alternative term/s

  • Chinese Coromandel
  • Chinese Coromandel screen
  • Chinese Coromandels
  • Coromandel lacquer screens
  • Coromandel screens
  • kuancai screens

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Scope note:

Refers to a type of Chinese folding screen that was typically very large, as tall as ten feet in height and twenty in length, with twelve panels of lacquered and gilded wood. Coromandel screens feature incised lacquer decoration and often have wide borders around the main design. The name comes from a part of the southeastern Indian coast near Madras that was a transfer point for Far Eastern goods being shipped to Europe by England's East India Company. Coromandel screens were mainly made in China in the 17th and 18th centuries for the European market.

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