Fire screen
Name/Title
Fire screenEntry/Object ID
F 76.14Description
The "horse" fire screen, so called because of the design of the base, has two slender upright supports joined at the top by a rail and near the bottom by another rail An adjustable sliding screen, upholstered in pleated yellow silk (formerly T 77.4), slides within a channel in the uprights. The screen has a pierced handle or finial at the center top. The base is made of two pairs of out swept feet ending in brass caps and casters, and joined by a broad rail. The uprights are laminated at each side of the base to achieve greater width and stability and are tenoned through the feet in one wide tenon.Category
Furniture