#fire screen

[heaveninawildflower]

Firescreen (English, 1783) by Mary Richardson

Embroidery (linen, silk thread). The black background sewn in tent stitch appears unfinished.

NGV.

[designobjectory]

Fire screen

Probably carved by Ferdinand Hundt ca. 1736–40

Culture: German, Würzberg Medium: Carved and gilded oak; silk panel not original to screen Dimensions: 58 x 42 1/2 in. (147.3 x 108 cm) Classification: Woodwork-Furniture Credit Line: Gift of Louis J. Boury, 1935 The exuberant decoration included dragons, convoluted shells, floral ornament, and scrolling rockwork–so-called rocaille motifs from which the name Rococo is derived.

[zeehasablog]

18th Century Firescreen

Recently I was thinking about a new firescreen, and I was looking at historic screens - photos, drawings, paintings etc. There was an unusual shape I saw a couple of times, and thought about how I could make one for The Sims.

AnniQ made this shaped frame for a painting quite a while ago, and it's pretty similar to the shape I was looking for; so, I was determined to try make it into a firescreen!

It took a lot more effort than I hoped, because the frame is very high poly - and in trying to reduce this, the quality of the shape of the frame kept being compromised.

I finally settled on how I wanted the mesh to look, and started on designs.

I found two resources of 18th century fabric, which may been used for screens at the time. The first was a set of a variety of different fabrics; the other was a damask pattern, but in a number of different colours/shades.

Then, I wanted a little variety of the frame colour - so I settled on ones that I thought would fit in different rooms - light and dark.

Each design has four frames: gold, light brown, dark brown, and white.

The first screen has 9 different designs - so a total of 36 swatches; and, the second screen has 10 different shades of damask - so a total of 40 swatches.

I hope you like these!!!! Remember you can make things bigger or smaller using the "[" and "]" keys on your keyboard - so they should sit well with bigger or smaller fireplaces 😉

Download my new firescreens from my Patreon here!!!

If you like, you can find AnniQ's original paintings here!

Enjoy!

Update 04/03/2026: Added uv_1 and no longer shows transparent when MXAO is enabled within ReShade. Removed shadow LODs, which were causing shadow flares.

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[arthistoryanimalia]

TwoForTuesday :

Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (USA, born Hungary, 1884-1953) Fire Screen, Made in NY 1920-30 Wrought and sheet iron On display at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2007-62-1

[crownedstoat]

Edgar Brandt art deco fire screen

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Pole screen, 1790, Scotia, New York.

[vintagehomecollection]

In the Master Bedroom, a radiant focus is provided by a hand-carved glass fire screen. Traditional tailored draperies are outlined in the deeper tones of the crescent-patterned silk bedspread.

Contemporary Apartments, 1982

[fashionsfromhistory]

Suite of Bedroom Furniture, including Kneeling Chair & Fire screen

Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené

1787

In eighteenth-century France beds ranged from practical cots to extravagant fantasies. This bed was designed to stand lengthwise against the bedroom wall and was set into an alcove curtained off from the room, for privacy. The metal wheels facilitated the easy removal of the bed from its alcove in order to change the linens. The silk textiles and trimmings ordered for the bed and the alcove represented the greatest expense in the interior decoration of the room. The eighteenth-century upholsterer used a luxurious three-colored silk to cover the bed, line the walls of the alcove, and make the bed curtains; the silk and trims have been exactly reproduced.

Chairs with low seats and high backs with padded rails had various functions, depending on their location. This chair, ordered as apart of a set of bedroom furnishings, likely served as a kneeling chair for saying prayer. Voyeuses were also used in gaming rooms; the spectators knelt on the seat and rested their arms on the padded rails of backs while observing games of cards or roulette.

MFA Boston