Description

Height: 140cm

Width: 43cm

A beautiful and richly decorative 19th century English pole screen, featuring an ornate gilt gesso frame and a finely hand-stitched floral needlepoint panel.

This elegant piece would have originally been used to shield a lady’s face from the heat of a roaring fire, while also serving as a symbol of taste and refinement in the Victorian parlour.

The circular screen is adorned with a vivid rose motif, delicately rendered in silk threads on a neutral ground.

The floral bouquet sits within a gesso-carved frame, finished in warm gilding with scrolls, shells, and classical foliate embellishments.

Raised on a fluted column with a finely carved base on three scroll feet, this piece is as much a decorative statement as it is a functional slice of historic domestic life.