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Fire screen with sliding panel

a) Vertical contoured frame, painted gray, enclosing (b) sliding silk-covered panel. Frame (a) has molded edges, two roses with leaves carved top center on both sides; foliage and scrolls on sides; flowers, foliage and scrolls at center bottom and on sides of scrolled cross feet. Sliding panel (b) covered with floral-and-ruin patterned silk on blue ground, has contoured top and weighted pull on blue silk cord. Panel enters frame through slot at top of frame....
1750-60
Carved and painted wood; silk
1968-158-26-a,b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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