ca. 1755-60
United Kingdom
Object qualities
-
Objectinterior decoration: Cheval fire screen
-
Author of the objectThomas Moore
-
Type of arts & crafts 1
-
Type of arts & crafts 2
-
MediumMahogany, wool knotted-pile panel (not original to the screen)
-
SizeOverall: 52 1/2 Г— 37 1/2 Г— 26 1/4 in. (133.4 Г— 95.3 Г— 66.7 cm)
-
Geography details
United Kingdom -
Country today
-
Dateca. 1755-60
Source of information
-
Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
-
Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
-
Made for the Countess of Shaftesbury (d. 1758) for Saint Giles’s House, Dorset, this fire screen has a Rococo frame that is related to designs by Thomas Chippendale (The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, 1754). The panel, based on a cartoon made for the Savonnerie manufactory in Paris, was woven in England, probably by Thomas Whitty at Axminister.
