Firescreen

Unknown1825–40

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Wall panel for fireboard or overdoor. Horizontal rectangle showing a white cat with paw on a dead bird; at one side a parrot on a basket of fruit; at the other, a blue vase with flowers in it.

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Title: Firescreen
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1825–40
Physical Dimensions: w530 x h650 cm
Type: Firescreen
Rights: Gift of Marian Hague
Medium: Block-printed on handmade paper
Dimensions: H x W: 65 x 53 cm (25 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Bibliography: Antiques Frontispiece CII #6, (Dec. 1972), pp 1030-31 color illustration.Reprod.: C.U.M., Chronicle, Vol. III nos. 1-3, Oct. 1961, "Wallpaper: A Picture-Book...", p.21.Publ.: Catharine L. Frangiamore, "Wallpaper in 19th Century American," Antiques., N.Y., Straight Enterprises, Dec. 1972, pp. 1031--Reprod.: London, Eng., Victoria & Albert Mus./The Art Council of Great Britain, "An American Museum of Decorative Art and Design. Designs from the Collection of Cooper-Hewitt, New York," 14 June - 12 August 1973 cat. no. 214, p.102.Reprod.: The Brooklyn Museum. "Art of Decoration. Drawings and Objects from Cooper-Hewitt Museum," 18 Dec. 1973 - 3 Feb. 1974, no. 214, p.102.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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