A wrought iron stand the size of a fireplace.See through in the middle, the iron is decorated into a repeated grid pattern of made of a square of curls with textured squares within the curls in the middle. Surrounded by a solid thick frame, it has an overall shape of a square refelecting the decorative motif. At the top two corners are two stylized creatures, with two curls on either side of each head. The two bottom feet look like two elongated, stylized feet.

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Object ID #907130101

This is a Fire screen. It was designed by Samuel Yellin. It is dated ca. 1920–25. Its medium is wrought iron.

Russian-born and -trained craftsman Samuel Yellin immigrated to Philadelphia and opened his own shop in 1909. The fire screen, made for his house in Philadelphia, and the andirons, reflect his taste for Medieval and Renaissance wrought-iron designs both for the home and commercial clients. The andirons graced the Director’s Conference Room of the Westinghouse Air Brake Building in Pittsburgh.

It is credited Courtesy of Leeds Art Foundation.

Study For A Balustrade (USA)

Study For A Balustrade (USA)
wrought iron.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Richard Irvin.
1941-38-1

Secretary
mahogany, glass, and brass.
Lent by Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York. Museum purchase, acquired....
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Five-Piece Tea And Coffee Service

Five-Piece Tea And Coffee Service
silver, ebonized wood.
Lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Anonymous Gift, 1986.778-.782.
54.2016.2a/e

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wrought iron, brass.
Lent by Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC.
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Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 101 × 89.5 × 30.5 cm (39 3/4 in. × 35 1/4 in. × 12 in.)

It has the following markings

"YELLIN" lower right

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oahba/
Accession Number 39.2016.1
Object ID 907130101