Fire Screen Panel
ca. 1800 (made)
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Fire screen panel, handpainted and embroidered silk depicting a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and blue high-waisted dress feeding sheep while leaning against a country gate, foliage behind her. The sheep's wool and the foliage picked out in small knots, the rest of the picture embroidered in long fine needlestrokes. Framed and glazed in a heavy wooden frame with heavy brass rings and metal fitting on the back for attaching to a pole stand for a fire screen
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | embroidered silk |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1800c, English; Framed |
| Physical description | Fire screen panel, handpainted and embroidered silk depicting a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and blue high-waisted dress feeding sheep while leaning against a country gate, foliage behind her. The sheep's wool and the foliage picked out in small knots, the rest of the picture embroidered in long fine needlestrokes. Framed and glazed in a heavy wooden frame with heavy brass rings and metal fitting on the back for attaching to a pole stand for a fire screen |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Amy E. Tomes |
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| Accession number | W.55-1940 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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