In Hungary only a small amount of old furniture survives that can be linked to the names of particular craftsmen. One such work is this rather rare screen by him. Fashioned in a light and elegant way, and embellished with inlay of a high order, it shows the influence of English Classicist Sheraton furniture.

The intarsia picture on the middle wing derives from a theatre scenery composition by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696-1756). Bibiena, a painter of Italian origin, was court theatre architect to the Emperor Charles VI, who was also King Charles III of Hungary. It was Bibiena's scenery design that was used by the maker of this screen, János Bauernfeind (d. 1798), a master-craftsman in Nagyszeben and cabinetmaker to Baron Sámuel Brukenthal, governor of Transylvania. In all likelihood Bauernfeind got to know the composition from an engraving reworked for scenery purposes in the Nagyszeben theatre.

In the exhibition two tables by Bauernfeind can also be seen. His works are distinctive, and can be recognized from their inlay embellishment depicting buildings and landscapes.

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