A Fine Victorian Taxidermy Butterfly-Mounted Cheval Fire Screen c.1880; Ex Pitt Rivers Museum
A mid/late Victorian cheval fire screen or room divider featuring symmetrical arrangements of exotic butterflies and moths, inset in a dovetailed mahogany frame with balustrade mouldings, standing at 44.5” high and 26” wide.
- The screen is in remarkably un-touched condition with no specimens having come loose.
- The glazing and castors are original and in good working order.
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