Anglo-Japanese-style ebonized wood frame with insets of horizontal and vertical turnings and round floral pieces. Red silk velvet stretched across frame which is attached to larger frame at center top and center bottom. Back is brown silk velvet.
Made/Created
Date made
1875 - 1890
Dimensions
Height
39-1/2 in
Width
30-3/4 in
Depth
12-3/4 in
Material
Wood, silk
Provenance
Notes
GHS catalogue, "Firescreen, Victorian period 1865-75. Blackened wood frame with red velvet screen and painted flowers."
Donated by Earle N. Barber, Jr. 12/1/1963.