Description: One of two English papier mache face screens or fire screen or fire shield with turned, gilt wooden handle with turned brass ends, which protected one's face (which might be made up with paraffin-based cosmetics among the weathy) from the heat of the fire. The shaped wooden panel is decorated on both sides with intricate penwork chinoiseire designs of gardens, figures, elephant, etc. in gold on a black ground.
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