Comprising a collection of paintings, sculptures and other objects acquired by Jane and Richard Reynolds, often from young artists from the 1960’s onwards.

83.02 Victorian screen

83.02 Victorian screen

 

English

Catalogue number 83.02

English, maker unknown. Late 19th century. Three panels 188cm. high by 61cm. wide

Room dividers (or screens) were frequently used in the late 19th century as extensions to the family scrapbooks which the Victorians inveterately kept. So pictures of people, animals flowers etc. were cut out from magazines and pasted to the large, often fabric-covered surfaces which the screens provided, and then varnished over. This style of decoration later became known as decoupage. This 3-fold screen, an iconic piece of English Victorian furniture, as with the earlier one (Catalogue number 78.02), was bought from the Lillee Road in London. It has a black painted wooden frame with gold painted highlights and a castellated top frame. Certainly three, and probably all six of the panels would have been scrap-decorated, but only the one survives, the others having been replaced with modern fabric.

Spanish

“Mampara Victoriana”

Número de catálogo 83.02

Inglés, fabricante desconocido. Finales del siglo XIX. Tres paneles que miden 188 cm de alto por 61 cm de ancho. Los separadores de habitaciones (o mamparas) se utilizaban con frecuencia a finales del siglo XIX como extensiones de los álbumes de recortes familiares que los Victorianos mantenían inveteradamente. Así, fotografías de personas, animales, flores, etc. se recortaban de las revistas y se pegaban a las amplias superficies, a menudo cubiertas de tela, que proporcionaban las pantallas, y luego se barnizaban. Este estilo de decoración posteriormente se conoció como decoupage. Esta pantalla de 3 elementos, una pieza icónica de mobiliario Victoriano inglés, igual que la anterior (ver n2 de catálogo 78.02), se compró en Lillee Road, Londres. Tiene un marco de madera pintado en negro con reflejos dorados y un marco superior con forma de almenas. Ciertamente tres, y probablemente todos los seis paneles, habrían sido decorados con recortes, pero solo uno los conserva, ya que los otros fueron reemplazados por telas modernas.

 
87.01 Card table

87.01 Card table

80.02 Harvest

80.02 Harvest