Decorative arts
Fireboard
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- Date
- ca. 1825
- Accession number
- 2016.25.93
- Maker
- Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
- Dimensions
- 33 1/4 x 49 x 2 in. (84.5 x 124.5 x 5.1 cm.)
- Medium
- polychrome pigment on pine with brass hardware
- Description
- Trompe l'oeil painted pine fireboard, with a perspective view of a fireplace with a floral urn and surround of faux painted tile in tree motif; the rectangular panel with cut outs for andirons and fitted with brass pull. Possibly Cape Ann, Massachusetts
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
- Department
- American Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
