Fire screen
Applied Arts
Inventory number
2021.10.7.1.AA.FU.C1845.IT
Description
Dark carved mahogany wood fireplace screen mounted on four casters. The embroidered canvas screen with a petit point tapestry depicting fantasy scene of a young woman dressed in a orange tone dress with blue scarf, holding a banner stick and playing with a black and white cat, sitting on a wall of a castle, surrounded with tree branches with green leaves. On the background, there is a white mountain landscape and a forest.
Materials
Mahogany wood
Canvas
Embroidery thread
Silk
Origin
circa 1845
probably Italy
Dimensions
Length : 68 cm
Height : 100 cm