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Pole-Screen

A work made of irish bog yew and mirror glass; brass mount.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of irish bog yew and mirror glass; brass mount.

Date:

c. 1851

Artist:

Arthur James Jones and Son
Irish, active mid-19th century
Ireland

About this artwork

The firm of Arthur James Jones and Son of Dublin displayed a large suite of elaborately carved furniture made from Irish bog yew at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in London in 1851 and again at Dublin’s Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853. The suite included, among other objects, a tilt-top table, an etagere, and pair of pole fire screens, one of which is seen here.

The furniture’s carved iconography references the country’s historic events, extinct and existing flora and fauna, mottoes, legends, monuments, and antiquities. Rising from a tripod base consisting of helmeted heads of ancient warriors, the pole terminates with a copy of an antique bronze spearhead. An ancient Irish Gallowglass (a heavily armed warrior), is depicted on the looking-glass shield.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Pole-Screen

Place

Dublin (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1846–1851

Medium

Irish bog yew and mirror glass; brass mount

Dimensions

222 × 45.8 × 45.1 cm (87 3/8 × 18 × 17 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Kay and Frederick Krehbiel

Reference Number

2015.637

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