Antique English Regency Mahogany Pole Screen Fire Hearthware Tapestry Stand 66"

Description

Antique English Regency / Georgian style pole or fire screen on stand. Made of mahogany featuring scrolled pierced / reticulated adjustable screen framing a floral tapestry backed with French fleur de lis. The pole features a tapered design with finial at top and bottom, and a tripod base with downswept legs and acanthus feet.

A pole screen is a piece of furniture that was used in the 17th and 18th centuries to protect people from the heat of a fire while sitting in the home's social center. it was a small, flat screen attached to a vertical pole that's mounted on a tripod. The screen can be adjusted up and down to shield a person's face from the heat. Pole screens were often decorated with embroidery, banners, lacquer, straw work, cut paper, or paint

Condition

Good antique condition, wear and distressing commensurate with age and use, fading / distressing / tear / holes to tapestry, splitting to fret / fading.

Dimensions

21' x 21" x 66" h