four panel screen with arched tops, set with early blue and brown patterned material, possibly darnex, linen hinges, each panel 76 x 25-1/2 in.
Provenance: Hollis Brodrick, purchased September, 2016; Tonnesen Collection, New Hampshire
Note: Darnex was first made in Flanders and brought to Norwich by Flemish weavers in the 16th century. For more, see Montgomery, Textiles in America, 1650-1870, p. 215.
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Hollis Brodrick, purchased September, 2016; Tonnesen Collection, New Hampshire
generally good with edge wear and losses to fabric, old but later taping at edges, the frame set with later faux grained wallpaper, the fabric with losses at bottom edges, scattered small holes and picking (see detailed photos)
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