Not currently on display at the V&A

Screen

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Six complete and four three-quarter Corinthian columns, with pedestals and entablature.


Object details

Category
Woodwork
Object type
Screen
Parts
This object consists of 37 parts.

  • Screen
  • Pilaster
  • Column
  • Column
  • Pilaster
  • Capital
  • Column Base
  • Column Base
  • Column Base
  • Column Base
  • Components
  • Column
  • Column
  • Column
  • Column
  • Column
  • Pilaster Base
  • Capital
  • Capital
  • Capital
  • Capital
  • Capital
  • Capital
  • Column Base
  • Column Base
  • Pilaster Base
  • Column
  • Column
  • Column
  • Column
  • Cornice
  • Cornice
  • Pedestal
  • Pedestal
  • Pedestal
  • Cornice
  • Cornice
Materials and techniques
Pinewood
Carving
Brief description
Screen with six complete and four three-quarter Corinthian columns, with pedestals and entablature.
Physical description
Six complete and four three-quarter Corinthian columns, with pedestals and entablature.
Dimensions
  • Height: 370cm
  • Width: 371cm
From dept. file: H 370 x W 371 cm
Object history
Bought for £18 at the sale at Fife House, Whitehall.
Bibliographic reference
John Harris, Moving Rooms – The Trade in Architectural Salvages (New Haven, London, 2007), p. 137.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
191-1869

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O297259/screen-unknown/
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