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a german giltwood firescreen
The arched rising panel covered in gros and petit point needlework depicting an amorous couple flanked by a mermaid and a cherub within a water landscape, framed by scrolling interlaced strapwork and foliage and surmounted by a flower-basket, the moulded frame carved with S-scrolls, foliage and flower-heads surmounted by a pierced cresting carved with winged C-scrolls and foliage, the stand centred by a scallop shell and on scrolling acanthus-wrapped supports, restorations
136cm. high x 83cm. wide
The arched rising panel covered in gros and petit point needlework depicting an amorous couple flanked by a mermaid and a cherub within a water landscape, framed by scrolling interlaced strapwork and foliage and surmounted by a flower-basket, the moulded frame carved with S-scrolls, foliage and flower-heads surmounted by a pierced cresting carved with winged C-scrolls and foliage, the stand centred by a scallop shell and on scrolling acanthus-wrapped supports, restorations
136cm. high x 83cm. wide