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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 918098, member: 8258"]I can't help identify the piece. It is pretty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Solid wood fire screens were, in fact, a thing. Figure these screens did more than deflect flying embers. They were used to direct heat to parts of a room, or keep the blazing heat from people closest to the fire, to name a couple. They wouldn't be close enough to catch fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the warmer months, they would be pushed up close to the fire box to hide the ugliness of the grate and charred interior of the fireplace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 918098, member: 8258"]I can't help identify the piece. It is pretty. Solid wood fire screens were, in fact, a thing. Figure these screens did more than deflect flying embers. They were used to direct heat to parts of a room, or keep the blazing heat from people closest to the fire, to name a couple. They wouldn't be close enough to catch fire. During the warmer months, they would be pushed up close to the fire box to hide the ugliness of the grate and charred interior of the fireplace.[/QUOTE]
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