A Louis XVI carved giltwood fire screen circa 1775, stamped CS

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Description

height 47 1/2 in.; width 30 1/2 in.
120.5 cm; 77.5 cm

with an arched top carved with guilloche and beading enclosing a sliding screen carved with laurel leaves surmounted by a pair of doves on a nest of flowers, the tapestry panel depicting a bucolic scene of a young girl feeding chickens, signed Neilson. ex. 1767, raised on scrolled supports.

Catalogue Note

Jacqus Neilson was the director of the low-warp tapestry workshops at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins from 1750-1788.