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Flowers were favourite motifs, and initials and dates were often incorporated when the item was intended as a gift for a friend or relative.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>The intricate border patterns around the edges of the screen may have been copied from published sheets which were available from shops such as 'The Temple of Fancy' at 34 Rathbone Place, London.  Pattern sheets were also printed in periodicals, such as <i>The Ladies Magazine</i>, which promoted rolled paperwork as a suitable activity for young women.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The effect used to decorate the screen, known as 'filigree' work at the time, is achieved by tightly coiling hundreds of narrow strips of paper which are then glued to a flat surface.  Rolled paperwork 'kits' were available from cabinet-makers, and included coloured and gilded papers as well as a wooden box or tea caddy.  In 1791 the cabinet-maker Charles Elliott (active 1783-1810), purveyor of artists' materials to the royal family, supplied Princess Elizabeth with 'fifteen ounces of different filigree papers, one ounce gold paper, and a box made for filigree work with ebony moulding, lock and key, lined inside and out'.","physicalDescription":"Shield-shaped wooden screen decorated with rolled paperwork in a floral design in various colours, mounted on a pole on a wooden stand with three legs","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Elizabeth, Princess of the United Kingdom","id":"A8060"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"probably"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Rolled paperwork on a wooden frame","categories":[{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"},{"text":"Household objects","id":"THES48939"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006BG0854","2006AE9705"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342974"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"120 (VA)","id":"THES49226"},"free":"","case":"CA15","shelf":"","box":"9"},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342974"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Stand for pole screen","id":""}],[{"text":"Fire screen panel","id":""}],[{"text":"Finial","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1787","earliest":"1787-01-01","latest":"1787-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with the assistance of a gift from John Alexander Fothergill and his family and the Brigadier Clark Fund through The Art Fund","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"124.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"55","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"according to registered description","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Princess Elizabeth, the third daughter of George III, is said to have made this panel of rolled paperwork for her physician, Dr. Alexander Fothergill. Rolled paperwork was only one of many arts practised by Princess Elizabeth and her five sisters, encouraged by their mother Queen Charlotte. They received tuition in a range of skills including drawing, velvet-painting and lithography.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Fire screen or pole screen, mahogany with rolled paperwork probably by Princess Elizabeth in London, 1787","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["W.31:1-1984","W.31:2-1984","W.31:3-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"31","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Stand for pole screen","Fire screen panel","Finial"],"assets":["2019LN1103","2019LP2661","2019LU7387","2019LT9268"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-21","recordCreationDate":"2001-04-27","availableToBook":false}}