Empire Period Folding Screen Lucca, neoclassical period. This very elegant folding screen is made up of six wooden panels, each richly painted and lacquered. It presents a superb ornamentation of symbolic lacquers panels. Each panel features an allegory of a roman mythological God: The swan, because of its beauty, symbolizes Venus; the peacock represents Juno, the Queen of the Gods and symbolizes the immortality; the symbol of Zeus is the eagle, his messenger, and represents the power and the vi