Fire Screen Panel
ca. 1845 (made)
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Fire screen panel, elaborately gilded and lacquered black papier-mache with undulating and scrolling outer edge in a rococo form, the centre panel rectangular and filled in with a panel of canvas embroidered in cross-stitch with floral bouquet. Remains of hand-written provenance on reverse
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | embroidered canvas in papier-mache frame |
| Brief description | Fire screen panel, British, ca. 1845. Cross stitched floral canvas panel in a black gilded papier-mache frame. |
| Physical description | Fire screen panel, elaborately gilded and lacquered black papier-mache with undulating and scrolling outer edge in a rococo form, the centre panel rectangular and filled in with a panel of canvas embroidered in cross-stitch with floral bouquet. Remains of hand-written provenance on reverse |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Worked by my great gr (andmother?)
Sarah Tomes who ma (rried my?)
great grandfather John T (omes?)
1813
Amy Evelyn Tomes (Partial paper label pasted to back of screen, the sections in brackets missing and filled in using guesswork/context.) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Amy E. Tomes |
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| Accession number | W.54:1-1940 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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