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Curtain Parting Reveal

A feature section whose picture sits behind two reeded panels meeting on a gold seam; they part from the centre as you scroll, then the catalogue caption comes forward.

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Added
2026-09-26
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Updated
2026-09-26

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The live preview, the props panel and the write-up are open to everyone. The full source, the AI prompt and CLI install are part of Pro.

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The Autumn Sale · Old Master Paintings

A still life, unseen since 1911

Kept by one family for four generations, it comes to the room in its original frame, with the provenance complete.

Lot 38

Still life with a marble urn and a bronze ewer

Oil on canvas, 92 × 128 cm. Painted in Antwerp in the 1650s and bought by the present owner's great-grandfather in 1911, it has not been exhibited since. Estimate on request.

Read the catalogue note

Props

No runtime dependencies
"use client";

import { useEffect, useId, useRef } from "react";
import type { ReactNode } from "react";

/**
 * CurtainPartingReveal — a feature section whose picture is behind two
 * reeded panels that part from the centre as you scroll.
 *
 * The panels meet on a double gold hairline, the seam. As the picture rises
 * through the viewport the seam splits and the two panels draw apart toward
 * the edges, tied to the scroll position rather than a timer, so the reader
 * controls the pace and can close them again by scrolling back. The picture
 * settles from a slight enlargement as it opens. When it is fully open the
 * caption below comes forward, set on an asymmetric catalogue grid: a lot
 * or plate reference on the left, the text on the right.
 *
 * Give it `media` (an image) or `children` for any other content in the

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  // Full source available with a viberdy Pro subscription.
  // https://viberdy.dev/pricing
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
}
Notes

About this section

A heritage feature needs one moment of theatre, and this section keeps it to one: two panels, reeded like a fluted pilaster, meet in the middle of the picture on a double gold hairline. As the picture rises through the window the seam splits and the panels draw apart toward the edges, tied to the scroll position rather than a timer, so the reader sets the pace and can close them again by scrolling back. The picture settles from a slight enlargement as it opens, and once it is fully open the caption comes forward on an asymmetric catalogue grid: a lot or plate reference and an italic title on the left, the note and a link on the right. The header above is centred, as a heritage page opens; the body is not, as in a printed catalogue. Give it an image, or any content for the frame; without either it paints a small still life as a stand-in. It finds its own scrolling container.

Curator’s note

Part of the Neoclassical kit, drop 3, phase 8: the feature section. Pro because it composes a full-width section of several parts around a scroll-linked reveal with its own scroller detection, plus a painted SVG stand-in.

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