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Circular overall form with cupids' bow scalloped edge. Painted black with flowers in polychrome oil on gilt; handles turned and gilded.
fire screens (furniture)
gilding
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
putti (motifs)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
romances (document genre)
Painted
Gilded
Romance
Cupid
Flower
Turned
SCREEN, FIRE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
1949.343.1
Unknown
England
9.5 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.343.1
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