Pole Screen

Item Information

Title:
Pole Screen
Description:
Rectangular with Oriental figure at gate. Molded border gessoed and gilded. Screen attached to pole with brass clamp and ring. Pole has urn-shaped finial, three scrolled and curving legs with back scrolled feet. Wallpaper applied to back of screen.
Date:
1785–1815
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
fluting
gadrooning
gesso
gilding (technique)
japanning
turning (shaping process)
wallpapers
wood (plant material)
pole screens
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
fluting
Orientalism
urns
Gesso
Gilded
Japanned
Turned
Fluted
Gadrooned
Wallpaper
Urn
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
53.5 in. x 15.25 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/7645
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.361AB
Identifier:
7645