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A fine Chippendale mahogany pole screen with oval panel, probably of British origin, but possibly American circa 1770.

Category:	Furniture - American
SubType:	{Other}
Origin:	New England - Other
Era:	18th Century
Height:	53 inches
Width:	20.125 inches
Depth:	17.5 inches



This handsome pole screen has a smooth column with an urn form finial on a tripod base with an elaborately turned and carved post. The post has ring turnings with a fluted and bead decorated shaft above a rope twist urn with a foliate cuff. The shaft is joined to three cabriole legs with carved foliate scroll knees and foliate carved slipper feet. The column and base retain a wonderful dark old finish. The column is fitted with a glazed oval screen panel having a cross banded frame . The panel is set with a polychrome silk embroidered long stitch needlework of a cornucopia with an elaborate bouquet of assorted floral blossoms on a black silk ground.

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