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1800 - 1900
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Rectangular panel consisting of a beech frame with a silk covered panel mounted within it. The top and bottom rails of the frame are tenoned into the side uprights; the front of each of the side uprights is pieced out with a tapering half column with a square section base and capital; a square section moulding runs between the two capitals; mounted in the frame is a panel covered with red silk arranged in radiating pleats with a carved and gilt basket of flowers at its centre; the silk is stretched over a rectangular pine frame consisting of two side uprights and three rails (top, bottom and middle); a single screw is through the back of the middle rail secures the carved and gilt basket of flowers; there is a small keyhole in the middle of the top rail but no lock in place on the back of the frame.

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Joined beech and pine rails mounted with silk covered panel and a carved and gilt basket motif
Brief description
Rectangular wooden frame with red silk panel and carved / gilt basket of flowers; English, 19th-century
Physical description
Rectangular panel consisting of a beech frame with a silk covered panel mounted within it. The top and bottom rails of the frame are tenoned into the side uprights; the front of each of the side uprights is pieced out with a tapering half column with a square section base and capital; a square section moulding runs between the two capitals; mounted in the frame is a panel covered with red silk arranged in radiating pleats with a carved and gilt basket of flowers at its centre; the silk is stretched over a rectangular pine frame consisting of two side uprights and three rails (top, bottom and middle); a single screw is through the back of the middle rail secures the carved and gilt basket of flowers; there is a small keyhole in the middle of the top rail but no lock in place on the back of the frame.
Collection
Accession number
FWK.LOST.850-2011

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2011
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