Fireboard

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Fireboard

Entry/Object ID

MP.89.2

Description

Wallpaper-covered fireboard, classical scene of woman and cherub in chariot pulled by four cherubs: scene rendered in white and gold with pink-brown border and blue background; highly ornamented chariot contains seated woman (wearing classical style dress, headband, earrings, and stole), cherub leaning on her knee, lyre, tree growing from urn, flaming torch and group of faces (the latter two supported by a pair of love birds; three cherubs carrying flagpoles and wreaths accompany those pulling chariots; chariot and cherubs rest on architectural platform with egg-and-dart, bellflower, foliate and boss decoration; applied egg-and-dart border; half-lapped, butt jointed strainer.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1805 - 1810

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

34-1/4 in

Width

38 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 38 x 1 in. (87 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm)

Material

Wood, Paper

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Discovered underneath 1820s scenic wallpaper while undergoing conservation at Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1987-1988 (see treatment report). Alpine scene "Environs Du Lac De Brientze" (MP.89.5) mounted on another strainer.

Note Type

General Note

Note

A reproduction of this object is on view in the Montgomery Room at Montgomery Place (June, 2012).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 09C