Lot 121
A George III mahogany, satinwood and tulipwood banded fire screen
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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A George III mahogany, satinwood and tulipwood banded fire screen
The silk embroidered panel of a riband tied spray of flowers within an arched surround between square section uprights surmounted by turned finials, joined by an undulating stretcher, on downswept slender moulded legs and block feet, with a typed note to the reverse, "A Hepplewhite standing firescreen in mahogany raised on arch end moulded supports. The oval panel contained in satinwood spandrels and crossbanded in kingwood. The floral needlework panel, now somewhat sunbleached, on a black ground and glazed, size 34" wide 42" high. Old state throughout. As illustrated in Hepplewhite 'The Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers Guide', 1789 and 1794, Stuart and Turner 1933", 56cm wide, 106cm high (22in wide, 41.5in high).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Stuart and Turner, according to a label on the reverse.
The firm of Stuart and Turner were antique dealers trading from 13 Soho Square in the 1930's although later they traded from Newbury in Berkshire.
The firm handled many unusual high quality items including the George III black and gilt decorated open display case by William and John Linnell sold Christie's London, Dealing in Excellence, A Celebration of Hotspur and Jeremy, 20 November 2008, lot 140. The firm also supplied pieces to the American decorator Frances Elkins for the Kersey Coates Reed House, see Christie's New York, 27 October 2006.
Related Hepplewhite firescreens are illustrated in R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture , London 1954, rev. ed., 3 vols., Vol III, p.65, figs. 28-30. The design of the above lot is base on Hepplewhite's pattern for a 'Horse Fire Screen', (see A Hepplewhite & Co., 'The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1st Edition (1788), 2nd Edition 1789, 3rd Edition 1794.)