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FIRE SCREENSBiblio.com

A pair of embroidered silk fire screens

18304479France 1830. Two matching embroidered pole fire screens oblong octagonals 202 x 290 mm. sides of silk over thin boards or scaleboards the decorated side of beige satin silk with a large central flowerpot containing sprigs and a large pink bow within ornate floral border between two white braided thread borders outermost gilt ribbon border with tiny loops; the designs composed of metallic thread pink flat sequins molded white or silvery sequins and couched gilt leaves: embossed leaves on the plant and flat leaves in the border; the reverse sides covered in plain dark rose silk contemporary bone and wood handles with small screws on back. Condition: one screen lacking one embossed leaf the other screen lacking four of the same and with one leaf almost detached; else fine. A handsome pair of embroidered hand-held fire screens probably from the first decades of the 19th century in fine condition. â€œA beautiful addition to any room decorative pole screens served an important function in the 18th century: The tall thin screens shielded peopleâ€™s faces from the direct heat of the fire. In the 17th and 18th centuries both men and women wore makeup to hide blemishes. It was said that before he turned fifty the Prince Regentâ€™s face had turned waxen and copper colored from make up. The cosmetic preparation worn to hide small pox was thick and made up of wax and white lead. The lead was toxic especially when warmed and the heat from a fire could be life threatening. A pole screen protected the face from intense heat and prevented the wax from melting and the cosmetics from interacting with the skin. The earliest panels were made of wicker but these were replaced with beautiful needlework or embroidered panels that came in many shapes and sizes â€“ oval heart-shaped rectangular etc. By the late 18th century skin disfiguration caused by plagues was no longer as prevalent as before and smaller polescreens became more fashionable.â€- Jane Austenâ€™s World websiteÂ viewed 4-6-26. unknown

Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. · États-Unis4 000,00 $US≈ 3 384,40 €

Coventry Factory Fire Engine CompanyABAA

A Pair of Journals Belonging to the Coventry Fire Engine Company

186429021415Anthony Coventry RI 1864-1894. General wear and toning. The smaller of the two notebooks has semi detached covers. . A set of two notebooks containing nearly thirty years of the meeting minutes of the annual July 4 gathering of the Coventry Factory Fire Engine Company. These minutes includes a list of members and officers voted in each year as well all the outcome of any topic put to vote. The meetings take place in Anthony RI which is a small village within Coventry RI. The smaller copybook is completely full and contains minutes from their annual meetings dating from 1864 to 1881. The second and larger notebook begins where the first notebook left off in 1882 and continues until 1890 when at the annual meeting there was no quorum present and as such "the charter of the company was declared forfeited sic and the company disbanded." In August of 1893 the company was reorganized under the old charter. Four more meetings follow in 1893 with the last meeting recorded stating that the fire company met to compete at the Kent Co. Fair and won the third prize of ten dollars. Included with this set are several receipts and notes of the fire company. There are eight 8 receipts dating between 1893-1894 two of them are undated. One scrap piece of paper which served as a draft for a portion of one of the annual meeting minutes. A roll call list of members from the 1893 annual meeting. A list of dues paid by each individual member. And lastly a note dated September 15 1893 which certifies that the fire company won the third prize in the Hand Engine Contest Open at the Kent Co. Fair. Below is an excerpt from one of the entries: "The squirt gun was tested and proved very satisfactory. It was voted that Lt Capt Byron Matteson be a committed to inspect the Hay Cart and any other machine he may see fit and report as soon as posable. There being more business the meeting adjourned to the call of the Captain." - August 3 1893 Meeting These journals most likely belonged to Arthur J. Matteson 1859-1925 who was the Secretary of the Company from 1888-1893. Matteson lived in Coventry RI and worked as a machinist. Small Notebook: Brown illustrated wrappers depicting several scenes of children on a farm. The back cover has a multiplication table and a decorative border. String binding. Completely full. Measures 8" x 6 1/2" Large Notebook: Black decorative paper over boards. Red fore edge. One fourth filled. Measures 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" hardcover books

Eclectibles · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €

Chicago Fire. Seeger Eugen and Eduard SchlaegerABAA

Chicago: Entwickelung ZerstÃ¶rung und Wiederaufbau der Wunderstadt

1872517Chicago: Max Stern 1872. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm. 7 Â¾ x 5 inches. v 146 24 pp. plus 8 pp. ads. Illustrated with a folding stencil colored map and three folding lithographic plates. Bound in publisher's green cloth binding title in gilt on spine; edges of cloth a bit worn head of spine frayed some loss of color to cloth; illustrations separated at folds expertly repaired. This copy with the signature of Otto Lob on front free-endpaper and title-page. With faults a good copy. First edition self-published by the authors and printed by Max Stern. Contemporary account of the devastating fire that swept Chicago in October 1871. Published for the German language community in the United States it appears that numerous copies were also sent to Germany by the publisher Max Stern. An English language edition was published by Seeger in 1893 as part of the Columbian Exposition that took place in Chicago that year. The map entitled "Chicago as it is Showing the Burnt District" illustrates the impact of the fire in Wards 1 2 14 15 and 16 ranging from Taylor Street near the railroad depot running north to Lincoln Park. The map is colored by stencil in shades of red and green and evokes the destruction the fire caused to this populous part of the City. The book also contains three lithographic plates by Schrader Lith. Steam Press of St. Louis. One is a view of the City from Lake Michigan entitled "Chicago in Flammen". This is followed by a stunning lithographic entitled "Die Ruinen von Chicago" and a third dramatic image showing the burning of the Crosby Opera House and people fleeing the flames. "Saddened by the sight they came to the realization that they had been the protagonists of the last drama ever to be played out at Crosby's Opera House." Not in Howes or Graff. OCLC citing numerous copies in the United States and Germany. Peters American on Stone p. 360 for information on Schrader Lith. Steam Press. Eugene H. Cropsey Crosby's Opera House: Symbol of Chicago's Cultural Awakening Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2000. Max Stern unknown books

De Simone Company, Booksellers · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €