Fire screen
Ferdinand Hundt
ca. 1736–40 · Carved and gilded oak; silk panel not original to screen · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The exuberant decoration included dragons, convoluted shells, floral ornament, and scrolling rockwork–so-called rocaille motifs from which the name Rococo is derived.
- Artist
- Ferdinand Hundt
- Date
- ca. 1736–40
- Medium
- Carved and gilded oak; silk panel not original to screen
- Culture
- German, Würzberg
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Louis J. Boury, 1935
