Firescreen
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Rosewood, silk, glass
Measurements
126 x 47 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knightshayes Court, Devon (Accredited Museum)
NT 540626
Caption
One of our favourite things as chosen by our volunteer Room Guide, Myra. 'Practical, pretty, unusual and very convenient for a cup of tea by the fire.'
Summary
A rosewood fire screen, English, circa 1860. The glazed cartouche-shaped panel with pale yellow silk floral needlework, standing on a half-round lobed table top and raised on a spiral-twist column with tripod base of hipped and arched legs applied with roundels.