Pole screen
Category
Furniture
Date
1901 - 1911
Materials
Wood, Paint, Gilding, Textile, Leather, Brass
Measurements
164 x 51 x 51 cm
Place of origin
Fulham
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266684.2
Summary
One of a pair of painted pole screens with tapestry panels of two eagles in a garden landscape with plants and buldings. On turned and fluted columns with tripod base of moulded and curved legs terminating in scroll feet and carved with gilt bead and reed ornament, formal leaves and fluting. Urn finial to plain pole. Tapestry probably from Fulham Manufactory. Similar set of three made by Chippendale for Dumfries House, Ayrshire. 1759.
Provenance
Lord and Lady Iliffe, Basildon Park, Berkshire; purchased by the National Trust, 1978