06-08-200806-08-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2412Boston
June 8, 2008 11:00 AMCalender
26

Pictorial Canvaswork Firescreen Panel

Sell one like this
$5,629$4,750
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2412Location: BostonDate / Time: June 08, 2008 11:00AM

Description:

Pictorial Canvaswork Firescreen Panel, North Shore, Massachusetts, late 18th century, worked in wool yarns on a linen ground, depicting an oak tree at center with a grapevine entwined around the trunk and a branch, with a parrot and squirrels in the branches, a stag chased by two dogs run in the foreground and birds and butterflies fly above, (scattered losses),13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

numerous areas of thread losses most of them around the perimeter.

Keywords

Massachusetts