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Fire Screen

c. 1878–80

firm of Herter Brothers

(American)
Culture
America
Medium
gilded wood, painted and gilded wood panels, brocaded silk, embossed paper
Measurements
Overall: 131.8 x 76.2 x 58.3 cm (51 7/8 x 30 x 22 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1997.58
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Produced by the New York decorating firm Herter Brothers, this screen would have been used to shield sitters from the heat of a fireplace.

Description

During the 1870s the New York firm of Herter Brothers produced some of the most sophisticated and technically refined furniture made anywhere in the world at that date. Although the firm is known to have made a considerable quantity of gilded furniture, this fire screen is one of only a few examples to survive in good condition. The painted and gilded embossed panel of birds and flowers was likely made in Japan.
A screen with a golden frame and a large central panel with a colorful painting of birds in front of flowering branches. In the upper left and right corners of the frame are two small paintings of faces with light skin tones.

Fire Screen

c. 1878–80

Herter Brothers

(American)
America

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