37/1937-1-1

Collection

Furniture

Brief description

One of a pair of walnut fire screens with a glazed lithograph depicting a floral composition of roses, made in England in c.1860.

Object name

fire screen
pole screen

Object number

37/1937-1-1

Location

On Display

Production date

c.1860 (manufactured)

Production place

England (manufactured)

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Material

walnut
paper
glass
pigment
hardboard

Technique

turned
joined
polished
lithographed
glazed
veneered
carved
varnished
glued

Physical description

One of a pair of walnut pole fire screens with a glazed oval screen containing a possibly hand coloured lithograph of a spray of roses within a cream mount. The frame is decorated with carved vine leaves and is surmounted by a cartouche with a turned and carved finial. The pillar has a gadrooned (carved ornamental device consisting of bands of short vertical reeding with rounded top and bottom) and cabochon (raised oval shape decoration) carved pilaster and stands on three moulded and carved legs with claw feet and there is also a finial to the base.

Dimensions

Height: 154cm
Width: 56cm

Website keywords

fireplaces
furniture