CIRCA 1815, POSSIBLY BY GEORGE BULLOCK

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A PAIR OF REGENCY OAK FIRESCREENS
CIRCA 1815, POSSIBLY BY GEORGE BULLOCK
Each with a rising glazed panel between fluted uprights with foliate capitals, on splayed legs and ball feet, one with a paper label inscribed in ink '167 D.H.M.'
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

These French-fashioned 'cheval screens', with arched 'claws', relate to a pattern in the Grecian or antique manner in George Smith's, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808 (pl.110). They are also designed to harmonise with Scone's triumphal-arched chimneypieces designed by the architect William Atkinson (d.1839); and were possibly inspired by the French-fashioned and ormolu-enriched screen included in this sale (lot 349).

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