Bigelow & Kennard Illuminated Fire Screen

Description:

Bigelow & Kennard Illuminated Fire Screen
Wrought iron and mosaic glass
Boston, Massachusetts, early 20th century
Rectangular wrought iron framework supporting leaded rectangular colorless glass panels with a mosaic overlay of red roses, green leaves, and thorny branches, raised on arched legs, ht. 32 1/4, wd. 39 1/2, dp. 9 in.

Provenance: This screen came from the same home as one sold in Skinner's June 2011 auction.

Literature: New England Magazine, Vol. XLI, September, 1909-February, 1910, "The Bigelow Studios," by Wilder D. Quint. A similar fire screen is pictured and discussed p. 520.
Estimate $6,500-7,500

a few tight cracks in clear glass.

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