Lot 29
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEVAL FIRE-SCREENS, each with a Regency silk-embroidered sliding panel, one depicting Minerva seated triumphantly on her throne, signed and dated M...J.B. 1810, the other depicting one of the Muses (?), a lyre and a laurel-wreath upon an altar, signed and dated M....J.B./1811, with theatrically-draped curtains beyond within a trailing foliate border on an ivory ground, the arched rectangular reeded frames with floral patera angles and husk trails to the sides, upon stop-fluted and beaded double C-scroll end supports, the screens now secured, the glazing, beading and stretcher later

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEVAL FIRE-SCREENS, each with a Regency silk-embroidered sliding panel, one depicting Minerva seated triumphantly on her throne, signed and dated M...J.B. 1810, the other depicting one of the Muses (?), a lyre and a laurel-wreath upon an altar, signed and dated M....J.B./1811, with theatrically-draped curtains beyond within a trailing foliate border on an ivory ground, the arched rectangular reeded frames with floral patera angles and husk trails to the sides, upon stop-fluted and beaded double C-scroll end supports, the screens now secured, the glazing, beading and stretcher later
22½in. (57cm.) wide; 46in. (117cm.) high; 17in. (43cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

These elegant frames with their fluted and beaded ornament in the 'antique' manner, frame triumphal arched panels of needlework with laurel-wreathed borders, appropriate for a drawing-room, or room of entertainment.

Each with open theatric drapery revealing altar-supported and seated figures of Minerva, goddess of the arts, and Erato, Muse of lyric poetry. The former accompanied by a scroll and a pair of smoking casolettes, the latter with flute and music-book

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