Fire screen
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1929
Materials
Mahogany, linen, crewel work, silk
Measurements
104 x 70 cm
Place of origin
United Kingdom
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318154
Summary
A mahogany firescreen, English, early 20th century, the curved top with pierced circle, the mahogany frame inset with a linen panel with floral silk crewel work, the frame with pierced shaped apron and two arched feet with block feet. Made by Joan Lander's Grandmother Lizzie Hunt, from a Leek embroidery kit.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.