Fire screen made of linen, tense over sculpted, wooden (?) Frame, embroidered at the front with multicolored wool and printed at the back with a roaring lion, Johan Teyler, c. 1688 - c. 1720 Écran or Parafeu. The irregularly scalloped screen is embroidered at the front with multicolored wool in petit-point and Gros-Point. Central to the asymmetrically built-up pattern, two birds bold each other sit on a branch, in the midst of flower and leaf motifs. The long tails and the baroque structure of the pattern are unusual and cannot be traced back to examples from pattern books. The back of the scr

Fire screen made of linen, tense over sculpted, wooden (?) Frame, embroidered at the front with multicolored wool and printed at the back with a roaring lion, Johan Teyler, c. 1688 - c. 1720 Écran or Parafeu. The irregularly scalloped screen is embroidered at the front with multicolored wool in petit-point and Gros-Point. Central to the asymmetrically built-up pattern, two birds bold each other sit on a branch, in the midst of flower and leaf motifs. The long tails and the baroque structure of the pattern are unusual and cannot be traced back to examples from pattern books. The back of the screen is printed with a brown beige, roaring lion with a bright red tongue. This image can be found in an album with prints by Johan Teyler in the Rijksprentenkabinet (inv. RP-P-1955-255) and in a more extensive album in the British Museum, London (inv. 1871-12-9-5027 ( 25)). print maker: NijmegenNorthern Netherlands (possibly) Screen: Linen (Material). Frame: Wood (plant material). Embroidery: Wool. engraving: printing ink embroidering / printing Écran or Parafeu. The irregularly scalloped screen is embroidered at the front with multicolored wool in petit-point and Gros-Point. Central to the asymmetrically built-up pattern, two birds bold each other sit on a branch, in the midst of flower and leaf motifs. The long tails and the baroque structure of the pattern are unusual and cannot be traced back to examples from pattern books. The back of the screen is printed with a brown beige, roaring lion with a bright red tongue. This image can be found in an album with prints by Johan Teyler in the Rijksprentenkabinet (inv. RP-P-1955-255) and in a more extensive album in the British Museum, London (inv. 1871-12-9-5027 ( 25)). print maker: NijmegenNorthern Netherlands (possibly) Screen: Linen (Material). Frame: Wood (plant material). Embroidery: Wool. engraving: printing ink embroidering / printing

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