Fire Screen: Part of a Set of Two Canapés, Eight Armchairs and a Fire Screen Showing Figures and Birds within Crimson Grounds
Tapestries
Gobelins Manufactory
(French, est. 1662)
Frame
J.G. Maus Firm
Datebetween 1755 and 1770 or late 19th century
MediumDyed wool and silk yarns on warps of undyed wool
Dimensions46 x 33 in. (116.8 x 83.8 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1914.5.23
Collection HistoryCharles Manners-Sutton, first Viscount Canterbury (1780–1845), Palace of Westminster, London. Sixth to eighth Dukes of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Frick, 1914. Fire screen, gift of Miss Helen C. Frick, 1953.
Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: French 18th- & 19th-Century Furniture (Pt. 2) & Gilt Bronzes. Volume VI. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.
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Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or late 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
Gobelins Manufactory
between 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
