Title: Fire screen (écran)
Object type: Fire screen
Date: ca. 1786
Artist:  Georges Jacob 
Artist bio: French, Cheny 1739–1814 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Carved, gilded and silvered beech; 18th-century silk brocade (not original to frame)
Dimensions: H. 42 x W. 26-3/4 x D. 16-1/4 in.  (106.7 x 67.9 x 41.3 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds