Fire screen
Category
Furniture
Date
1700 - 1740
Materials
oak, needlework and silk backing
Measurements
95.5 x 74 x 4 cm
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509758
Summary
An oak framed cartouche-shaped fire screen, Flemish, early 18th century, the contemporary needlework in gros and petit point with central medallion depicting a man and two children surrounded by flowers and trees and within stylised floral borders, on arched feet with scroll detail and hoof feet.