Overall the screens are in good condition, there is some minor wear around the hinges consistent with age and use, as is typical there are some minor marks and rubbing to pigments due to the nature of screens being opened and closed repeatedly, there is some minor wormage around the hinges with associated re-touching in gold, some further minor retouching to the gold ground in places, the silver pigment with some minor marks (some minor oxidisation in places), a few very minor losses to pigment in places, some re-touching to the silver pigments and gold.
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