Cheval fire screen

Thomas Moore

ca. 1755–60 · Mahogany, wool knotted-pile panel (not original to the screen) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Made for the Countess of Shaftesbury (d. 1758) for Saint Giles's House, Dorset, this fire screen has a Rococo frame that is related to designs by Thomas Chippendale (The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754). The panel, based on a cartoon made for the Savonnerie manufactory in Paris, was woven in England, probably by Thomas Whitty at Axminister.

Artist

Thomas Moore

Date

ca. 1755–60

Medium

Mahogany, wool knotted-pile panel (not original to the screen)

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964