Fire screen
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany wood, canvas, silk, wool, silk velvet, embroidery, metal thread braid.
Measurements
900 x 700 x 25 mm
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Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 765888
Summary
Twin leaf mahogany firescreen, frame and legs fluted, united near base by turned stretchers. Two top panels of canvas work embroidery, one with a jester, the other a female dancing figure, both surrounded by scrolling leaves and flowers, each surrounded by a flat woven metal thread braid. On the reverse, panels of an ikat woven silk velvet, originally dark pink, surrounded by a flat woven metal thread braid.