Three-Panel Screen

Date1917-1918

Mediumwalnut, tapestry

DimensionsOverall: 75 1/4 × 62 9/16 × 1 5/8 in. (191.1 × 158.9 × 4.1 cm) Other: 75 1/4 × 20 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (191.1 × 52.1 × 4.1 cm) Other: 75 1/4 × 21 9/16 × 1 5/8 in. (191.1 × 54.8 × 4.1 cm) Other: 75 1/4 × 20 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (191.1 × 52.1 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LineReynolda Estate

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number1922.2.135

DescriptionThe walnut and tapestry three-panel, two-fold screen is carved at the top and bottom of the frame and filled on one side with bird-and-flower tapestries in the style of Louis XIV. The top of the frame of each panel is carved with a large central shell surrounded by scrolls and fruits; while the bottom of the frame is carved in a columnar screen with heavy fruit swags. The tapestries of pale colors, each framed by ionic columns, feature a large urn of flowers in the center panel flanked by a peacock and a parrot each perched in flower swag. Fruit swags near the top of each tapestry echo the carving at the bottom. The backs of the panel are covered in plain fabric.
ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]

Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.

Status

On view

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