Fire screen
Category
Furniture
Date
1727 - 1760
Materials
Mahogany, Silk, Wool, Linen canvas, Gimp, Paper
Measurements
101 cm (H)43 cm (H)43 cm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440574
Summary
[Destroyed in the fire of 2015] George II mahogany two-fold fire screen, each side with a carrying slot in the cresting and framed by leaves and with a pierced and slightly shaped trestle frame; including two panels of brilliantly coloured contemporary gros and petit point silk, in one a group accompanied by hounds hunting, in the other two shepherds watch the arrival of a warship, a castle and town in the background.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay