Name/Title
Fire screenEntry/Object ID
PM.65.313 a-cDescription
Polescreen: pole, with twist-carved knop at bottom, atop three cabriole legs terminating in snake feet; set over pole, and adjustable by means of two rings and simple springs, is circular firescreen; screen face decorated with applied polychrome painted paper Chinese river landscape, in which three figures in boat approach house at which wait two women; other, reverse, side of screen bears applied paper decoration of polychrome flowers pasted on ground of green paper.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1700 - 1733
Date made: r. 1700 - 1733Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
PCR 1139
NO. 19
PM.65.313 A-C
PM.65.313a-c
Dimensions
Dimension Description
MaximumHeight
43 inWidth
19-1/4 inDiameter
13-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 43 x 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (109.2 x 48.9 x 34.3 cm)Material
Paper, Mahogany, SteelGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Note on object card states: "Not Found"; this object has not been seen for an extended period during which several inventories were completed, so it has been declared missing; note in object file states last known location of this object was "Manhattan Storage," however, no HHV objects have been stored offsite since the late 1960s. [Jessa J. Krick, 12/1/2009]