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Art Nouveau Fireplace Screen - Shop of Eugene Gaillard

Offered by: Antiquario Villas and Cottages

Description
A tall silk-upholstered Art Nouveau period fireplace screen, for shielding a hearth when not in use. Its mahogany frame is intricately carved, stretchered with diagonal fretwork, and inlaid with satinwood and ebony. An inlay medallion at the centre of the frame's crest, is the head of a woman with long black ebony hair; surrounded by a sunburst and foliate side scrolls.

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	mahogany, ebony, satinwood
Condition:	Good. Fine original condition
Creation Date:	c. 1910
Styles / Movements:	Belle Epoque, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	1709 NLE
Incollect Reference #:	379664

Dimensions

W.	32 in;	H.	44.5 in;	D.	12.5 in;
W.	81.28 cm;	H.	113.03 cm;	D.	31.75 cm;

Message from Seller:

Period furniture and decoration spanning four centuries and three continents, galleried in a 1754 National Register of Historic Places house in Woodbury; Connecticut's long established "Antiques Capital”. Five decades of antiques collecting experience in a succession of Historic Register homes in Virginia, New York, and Connecticut; and a 1901 beaux arts building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Open Thursday through Monday from 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment.