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Two panel painting of an owl perched on a pine bough, dark background, rectangular frame with applied crest, stiles have turned finials and ball pendants, bracket feet; shallow incised linear floral surface decoration.
fire screens (furniture)
staining
ebony (color)
oil paint (paint)
painting (coating)
panels (wood)
panel paintings (painting by form)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
owl (bird)
trees
weddings
Panel
Oil
Ebonized
Painted
Wedding
Owl
Tree
SCREEN, FIRE
Unsigned.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Foster, Margaret (Painter)
29.25 x 24.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.489
New Hampshire (United States)
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