Hand screen, England, ca. 1850
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1850
Hand screen, England, ca. 1850 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1850. The museum's brief description reads: Hand screen, glass beads and wool embroidery on canvas, ca.
1850, English. Museum description: Hand screen in the shape of a shield suspended from a brass mount and embroidered with canvaswork and glass beads in a design of white roses on a red ground, and edged with a fringe of crystal beads. The museum record gives material recorded as glass beads, wool (textile), canvas, cardboard, linen (material), silk (textile), brass, porcelain; measurements Height 48.9 cm; Width 23.5 cm; place associated: England.
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glass beads, wool (textile), canvas, cardboard, linen (material), silk (textile), brass, porcelain
- Dimensions
- Height 48.9 cm; Width 23.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- glass beads and wool embroidery on canvas stiffened with cardboard and linen, with red silk edged with a fringe of crystal beads; brass mount with prcrelain handle
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Museum object name
- Hand screen
- Museum object number
- CIRC.25-1953
- Museum system number
- O316216
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.