Firebacks

  1. 1277

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    1075 x 540 mm
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    Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides only); rope diagonally length across each top corner.

    Notes: A very simple rope design seen in several variations on other firebacks.

    Manufactured: in the late-16th to early-17th century in the Weald area of England.

    Current location: in private hands, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England.