Lot Essay
This is almost certainly the 'mahogany-framed sliding screen' listed in the Dining Room in the 1840 Inventory
BEDROOM FIVE
A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEVAL FIRE-SCREEN attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the red watered-cotton-lined slides on trestle end-supports joined by ring-turned stretchers, on reeded splayed tapering legs with turned feet
Details
A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEVAL FIRE-SCREEN attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the red watered-cotton-lined slides on trestle end-supports joined by ring-turned stretchers, on reeded splayed tapering legs with turned feet
23¼in. (59cm.) wide, closed; 48½in. (123cm.) high, closed
23¼in. (59cm.) wide, closed; 48½in. (123cm.) high, closed
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d. 1815)