Fire Screen

Furniture

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Fire Screen

Entry/Object ID

F 76.34

Description

The fire screen is a pole with urn finial set into a reeded columnar shaft in turn mounted on a triangular platform with concave reeded sides that stands on three cast brass paw feet. The moveable screen is a double folding rectangular panel with veneered edges. Tiny brass serpent-like clasps, rings and screw hold the two halves together. Inside, the panels have wool needlework; outside, the panel has pleated green silk (formerly T 77.25).

Category

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

F 76.34

Source or Donor

Fenton L. Brown

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1976

Furniture Details

Furniture Type

Fire screen

Dimensions

Height

47 in

Width

15-1/2 in

Material

Satinwood, Tulip poplar, Silk, Wool, Brass

Provenance

Notes

Purchased from Fenton L.B. Brown, New York 11/1/76, whose invoice lists descent in the "Van Rensselaer-Westerlo" families.