Name/Title
Screen, FireContext
Placed in front of the hearth in the Neill-Cochran House Museum Front Parlor is an English-made pole fire screen, or stick screen, from the 1840s. This fire screen sits on a varnished rosewood tripod base with cabriole legs and is supported by a turned shaft capped with a 4" finial. The screen is a rectangular tapestry of needlepoint embroidery on a rosewood frame with an openwork scrolled crest on the top and bottom of the frame. The embroidery depicts a hunting courtship scene done in the 17th century Dutch style.
Pole fire screens shielded people's faces from the direct heat of an open fire. During the summer months, they also hid the unused and unsightly hearth from view. This screen was acquired at an antique shop in Victoria, Canada, and given to the Neill-Cochran House Museum by Mrs. Van Guelder Okie in honor of Mrs. Stanley P. Finch. You can see it, and all of our artifacts, Wed-Sun, 11-4pm.
Unknown origin, late nineteenth century. Victorian Rococo Revival rosewood fire screen, on a three-legged base with a cabriole legs. Features a rectangular tapestry screen topped with an openwork scrolled crest. Designed originally to shield ladies' faces from the heat of the fire, this screen depicts a hunting courtship scene, done in the 17th century Dutch style.
Gift of Mrs. Van Guelder OkieAcquisition
Accession
1972.06Source or Donor
Mrs. Van Guelder Okie (Margaret Dawson Daniel)Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
In Honor of Mrs Stanley P. Finch