Caption:
fireplace screen, Adriana Suzanna van Leeuwen, fire screen 1840-1850, embroidery between 1850-1855, textile, mahogany, wool, embroidered, General: 120.4 x 76.9 x 39.2cm 1204 x 769 x 392mm, weapon sign, woman, man, mahogany fireplace screen with twisted posts. In the half cross-stitch embroidery panel, with a historical depiction: The visit of Leicester, c. 1560. Two men sitting at a table with a chess set on it. A girl is watching behind the table. On the right of the image a man in a blue jacket and his hat in his hand. Beige and brown predominate, with red, blue and green accents. Flat frame and arched top that has scaly cut-out crowned with twisted blade. It stands on S-curled twin legs. With two spheres on the posts. The back is covered with green linen. A picture is attached to the woodwork with the text: FIREPLACE 1850, 1940