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A THREE-PANEL TAPA CLOTH AND WOOD SCREEN, EARLY 1930S
Details
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A Three-Panel Tapa Cloth and Wood Screen, early 1930s
the front decorated with tapa cloth from the bark of the mulberry tree, possibly made in Fiji, fabric covered reverse
each panel: 100 in. (254 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide
A Three-Panel Tapa Cloth and Wood Screen, early 1930s
the front decorated with tapa cloth from the bark of the mulberry tree, possibly made in Fiji, fabric covered reverse
each panel: 100 in. (254 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Tapa cloth: Gift from Coco Chanel to Horst P. Horst.
Literature
Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People, New York, 1968, pp. 86-87 for an in situ photograph of some tapa cloth screens at Horst's Oyster Bay house.