Caption

Two designs for fireplace screens, drawing, album page, one in rosewood and the other in mahogany with twisted stiles and rails. The reverse side of the page is numbered: 60, the opposite page with information about the depicted furniture is numbered: 60 bis. Part of an album with 80 pages of drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating., inscription: '68 Simple screen in mahogany with twisted tops, ''…'' leaded tops(?), 69 ''.. rosewood ..''', Paris (possibly), c. 1825 - c. 1839, draftsman (artist), paint (coating), materials by function, paper, ink, watercolor (paint), pencil, pen, brush, pen in gray with brush in colors, numbers written in pencil, height 240 mm, width 310 mm, fire-screen, furniture for special use (wood and other phytogenic material), Two upright wooden frames with turned spiral legs and decorative bead-like rails are drawn side by side on a pale background, each showing a top rail with a row of rounded carved shapes and horizontal crossbars connecting the vertical supports; the left frame is rendered in a darker brown with closely spaced spherical turning on its legs and a darker top shelf, while the right frame is shown in a lighter reddish wood tone with more pronounced twisted leg carving and a smoother rounded top rail, both resting on curved feet and connected near the base by a similarly beaded stretcher.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B47_408

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Keywords

Two designs fireplace screens drawing album page rosewood mahogany twisted stiles rails reverse side page numbered 60 opposite page information depicted furniture 60 bis Part album 80 pages drawings print veneered lacquered furniture well seating inscription 68 Simple screen twisted tops … leaded tops 69 . Paris c 1825 - c 1839 draftsman artist paint coating materials function paper ink watercolor pencil pen brush gray colors numbers written height 240 mm width 310 mm fire-screen furniture special wood phytogenic material Two upright wooden frames turned spiral legs decorative bead- drawn side side pale background showing top rail row rounded carved shapes horizontal crossbars connecting vertical supports left frame rendered darker brown closely spaced spherical turning legs darker top shelf right frame shown lighter reddish wood tone pronounced twisted leg carving smoother rounded resting curved feet connected near base similarly beaded stretcher