Screen
1920-1925 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The Rowley Gallery, London, specialised in decorative items enriched with marquetry panels, often of seascapes, rural scenes and pastoral subjects. This three-fold screen has an oval marquetry picture set into each ebonised panel. Rowley Galley products exemplified established values and craftsmanship and represented a significant element of English tradional taste in the 1920s.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ebonized oak veneer with marquetry in walnut, harewood, stained oak, sycamore, mahogany, gilding. |
| Brief description | Ebonized three-fold screen with oval panels of marquetry, designed by William Arthur Chase, made by the Rowley Gallery, probably in London, 1920-1925 |
| Physical description | Three-fold screen in ebonised wood with gilt gesso surround, oval marquetry panels in coloured woods. Marquetry panels contain a figure in a landscape of trees and columns; the left hand panel has a female with a basket on her head, the central panel has a boy leading an elephant with a "howdah". The right hand panel has a female figure leading a cheetah. |
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| Summary | The Rowley Gallery, London, specialised in decorative items enriched with marquetry panels, often of seascapes, rural scenes and pastoral subjects. This three-fold screen has an oval marquetry picture set into each ebonised panel. Rowley Galley products exemplified established values and craftsmanship and represented a significant element of English tradional taste in the 1920s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.778-1968 |
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| Record created | May 31, 2006 |
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