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Pair of Antique painted Face Screens Circa 1830.
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Description:
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Pair
of Antique painted Face Screens. The screens are painted with landscape views,
one marked Newport Shropshire and the other Lilleshall Abbey. They are also
signed with the initials HUL. They are the work of a talented artist, executed
with sensitivity.
The
picture of the Abbey has a rather melancholy aura with the ruins framed by
trees. The ground is in shades of brown, gray and dull yellow, suggesting the
approach of winter. The trees, painted in delicate strokes are almost
diaphanous; they have lost their summer vigour. The landscape in the
background is suggested by ghostly tree shapes. This
fluid treatment of nature suggests an experienced talented hand.
The
second screen features a town in the distance. There are autumnal trees
painted in confident delicate strokes on the right. Two beautifully painted
cows stand under the trees. Two other cows graze in the distance. Browns and
blue gray tones suggest autumn.
These
screens are not just decorated. They are unique works of art in their own
right.
The
backs are covered in printed paper. The wooden handles are turned and gilded.
Origin:
UK
; Circa: 1830; Materials: pressed card and
wood .
Size: Screen 23.5 cm
wide by 19 cm; handle 22 cm long: 9.3 inches wide by 7.5inches; handle
8.75 inches.
Condition:
Please
refer to the above photographs for details of condition.
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Lilleshall Abbey. They are also signed with the initials HUL. They are the work of a talented artist, executed with sensitivity.
The picture of the Abbey has a rather melancholy aura with the ruins framed by trees. The ground is in shades of brown, grey and dull yellow,
suggesting the approach of winter. The trees, painted in delicate strokes are almost diaphanous; they have lost their summer
vigour.
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The landscape in the background is suggested by ghostly tree shapes. This fluid treatment of nature suggests an experienced talented hand.
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The screen is marked:
"Lilleshall Abbey". and "HU£"
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Lilleshall Abbey was an Augustinian abbey in
Shropshire, England, today located 6 miles north of Telford. It was
founded between 1145 and 1148 and followed the austere customs and
observance of the Abbey of Arrouaise in northern France.
Wikipedia
Website
of Lilleshall Abbey
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This screen is inscribed, bottom left, "Newport
Shropshire" and what must be the artists signature: "HU£".
The screen features the town of Newport, Shropshire, in the distance.
Two beautifully painted cows stand under the trees.
Two other cows graze in the distance. Browns and blue gray
tones suggest autumn.
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The church tower is distinctive.
It is St Nicholas's Church.
Newport is a market town in
the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire,
England. It lies some 6 miles north of Telford and some 12 miles west
of Stafford, sitting on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.
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http://www.stnicholasnewport.co.uk/
The church has its own website.
"The town of Newport was probably founded by
Henry I and the church dates from the 12th century when there was the
tower and at least a north aisle to the nave. The tower was
rebuilt in 1360 together with new aisles of 5 bays. The remains of the
previous tower are at the base of the arch. Since the Reformation,
the church has undergone much alteration and rebuilding. In 1658
the first gallery was built. The first major work was done in the
18th century, possibly 1728, when the north and south aisles were built
in bright red brick. Lovely windows were replaced by plain ones
with clear glass which were described as ‘hideous’. Plans of
the church in 1836 show an ‘engine house’ for fire engines in the
north wall."
see: History
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Two beautifully painted cows stand under the trees.
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The wooden handles are turned and gilded.
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The backs of the screens are covered with printed paper.
These screens are not just decorated. They are unique works of art in their own right.
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