Fire Screen
CultureAmerican
MediumBrass
DimensionsOverall: 69 × 43 inches (175.26 × 109.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Kirkwood Estate
Object number34-313/1
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DescriptionScreen in three partitions-covered on inside with fine screen wire.ProvenanceProbably William Rockhill Nelson (1841-1915), Oak Hall, Kansas City, MO, by 1915 [1];
Probably inherited by his daughter, Laura Nelson Kirkwood (1883-1926), Kansas City, MO, 1915-1926;
Inherited by her husband, Irwin Kirkwood (1878-1927), Kansas City, MO, 1926-1927;
Kirkwood Estate, 1927-1934;
Gift of the Kirkwood Estate to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] This is one of a group of objects that came to the Nelson-Atkins from the family of William Rockhill Nelson, one of the museum’s founders, and is thought to have been in Nelson’s home, Oak Hall.
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