A Dutch polychrome painted leather six leaf screen 17th century

each of the six panels decorated with exotic birds, trees and foliage, now mounted within later studded gilt-leather borders on a later ebonised wooden frame, the reverse painted black with gilded square panels

in overall good conserved condition. Some minor re-touching to the painted decoration. Some bubbling. Some of the seams visible. Some minor cracking and areas of repair,marks and stains throughout consistent with age and use. Probably originally with a border.
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