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1771

Fire Screen

Thomas Affleck

American (born Scotland), 1740 - 1795

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This fire screen, used to block direct heat from an open hearth, was one of four ordered by John Cadwalader for his home in Philadelphia.

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Thomas Affleck, Fire Screen, 1771 | Philadelphia Museum of Art