#280

Superb French Gilded Fire Screen by Maison Huret
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$3,400
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Description
42" (107 cm.) A cast metal fire screen has an elaborate four-legged pedestal base supporting an oval frame with scroll frame crest,and is finished in a rich gold leaf. The frame encloses an oval embroidered canvas with a design of wheat and wild flowers,and which can be pivoted this way or that to shield a person from fireplace heat. The oval fire screen was a unique design of Maison Huret,always created with distinctive spiral twist of the legs,pedestal and frame. Excellent condition. French,Maison Huret,circa 1860,very rare.