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This is a nursery screen. It has four folds, each with a domed top, and is highly decorated with picture scraps and varnish. It has brass handles, and white domed porcelain headed studs on the outer edges. The Museum holds no information about where it was made or used.

1 screen: fair condition; part damaged

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SCREEN (NURSERY) // A 'Victorian nursery screen with scraps pasted on it and the whole varnished over'. // [pencil sketch]', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Screen, Nursery // Description // Nursery Screen; scraps pasted on, the whole varnished over. Highly decorated. // Brass handles, white domed shaped porcelain headed studs on outer edges. // 4 folds, each dome shaped top. // Dimensions // Length: 58cm when foleded // Width: 10cm when folded // Height 163.5cm // Associated information // Victorian'

1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31

Nineteenth century

Paper, Metal, brass, Ceramic, porcelain