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Rectangular with Oriental figure at gate. Molded border gessoed and gilded. Screen attached to pole with brass clamp and ring. Pole has urn-shaped finial, three scrolled and curving legs with back scrolled feet. Wallpaper applied to back of screen.
pole screens
fluting
gadrooning
gesso
gilding
japanning
turning (shaping process)
wallpapers
wood (plant material)
fluting
Orientalism
urns
Gesso
Gilded
Japanned
Turned
Fluted
Gadrooned
Wallpaper
Orientalism
Urn
SCREEN, POLE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
1949.361A,B
Unknown
England
53.5 x 15.25 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.361AB
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