Pole screen with needlework panel, miniature

Dateca. 1770

MediumMahogany, wool, linen, silk, brass, and lead (possibly)

DimensionsOH: 21 1/2"; diam base: 5 1/2"; H of panel: 10"; W of panel: 7 1/2"; depth of panel: 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1961-43

DescriptionMiniature pole screen; pole with ball finial, fitted with an adjustable rectangular framed Irish stitched needlework panel in shades of reds, blues, tan, brown, and ivory wools on a linen canvas, green silk on reverse of panel; brass fittings attached to reverse of panel to slide over pole; pole terminates in a spirally fluted urn-shaped baluster over a molded circular base; base weighted possibly with lead and covered on underside with green silk.
ProvenanceJoseph Kindig & Son; Reginald M. Lewis