A type of firescreen, consisting usually of a square, rectangular, oval or shield-shaped piece of tapestry or embroidery, attached to an adjustable brass or wooden stem on a tripod base. They were designed to protect the face from the fire. There were also smaller versions made, designed to stand on a table. Another type of polescreen, usually known as a banner screen does not have a frame, but a tapestry hanging from a horizontal pole attached to the upright.

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An English Regency Chinoiserie lacquered pole screen, circa…

Regency Chinoiserie Lacquered Pole Screen with Garden Pavilion Scene

An English Regency Chinoiserie lacquered pole screen, circa 1820, the fan shaped screen painted with garden pavilion scene, above a turned and writhen standard, and a pierced concave platform with three lions paw feet, 136 cm high.

A Victorian decorative carved walnut tripod pole screen, the…

Victorian Walnut Carved Pole Screen with Floral Panel

A Victorian decorative carved walnut tripod pole screen, the shield form screen with floral and scroll frame enclosing a Victorian beaded panel of floral and panelled design, the decorative tripod base with turned and carved detail.

An impressive and ornate French pole screen, with a small brass…

French Pole Screen with Candelabra and Court Portrait

An impressive and ornate French pole screen, with a small brass three-branch candelabra set to the top, the screen with a wooden and brass frame holding a portrait of a French woman in court dress, the pole supported in an open brass and silk lined basket…

Exquisite 19th century carved oak pole screen elaborately…

Carved Oak Pole Screen with Mythical Dolphins

Exquisite 19th century carved oak pole screen elaborately carved with entwining fruit and foliage framing the naturalistic basket of flowers on a stand decorated with mythical dolphins to the base

George III mahogany pole screen, c. 1775, in the manner of…

George III Mahogany Pole Screen with Floral Needlework Panel

George III mahogany pole screen, c. 1775, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, with a rectangular needlework panel depicting a floral urn with parrot eating cherries, and inscribed 'Canty' (lively in Scottish), on a turned column and tripod base, height…

A George VI pole screen. 104 cm high, 44 cm diameter

George VI Pole Screen - 104cm x 44cm

A George VI pole screen. 104 cm high, 44 cm diameter

A pair of George III painted pole screens, English, late 18th…

George III Painted Pole Screens, Late 18th Century

A pair of George III painted pole screens, English, late 18th century. 146 cm high

Gillows of Lancaster, William IV rosewood pole screen, c. 1835,…

William IV Rosewood Pole Screen by Gillows of Lancaster

Gillows of Lancaster, William IV rosewood pole screen, c. 1835, with a gilt-brass upright pole, over a turned tripod base carved with acanthus leaves, on cabriole legs, with later embroidered panel, height 128 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Regency rosewood and parcel-gilt pole screen, c. 1830, shaped…

Regency rosewood and parcel-gilt pole screen, c. 1830, shaped rectangular screen carved with scrolls and acanthus leaves with later mirror plate, adjustable on pole, surmounted by an urn finial, a circular base raised on four scrolled feet, height 183 cm,…

George III Sheraton style pole screen, 19th century, featuring…

Embroidered Landscape Pole Screen

George III Sheraton style pole screen, 19th century, featuring an adjustable oval panel centred by an embroidered landscape, supported on three splayed legs joined by a platform stretcher and terminating in turned feet, height 135 cm. Provenance: The…

Victorian rosewood tapestry pole screen, 156 cm high

Victorian Rosewood Tapestry Screen - 156cm High

Victorian rosewood tapestry pole screen, 156 cm high

Attractive Victorian pole screen in walnut with wool-work…

Victorian Eagle Wool-Work Pole Screen

Attractive Victorian pole screen in walnut with wool-work screen depicting an Eagle amongst flowers

Nineteenth Century hand painted pole screen, with central scene…

Hand-painted Pole Screen with Lady Beside Mirror

Nineteenth Century hand painted pole screen, with central scene depicting lady beside mirror, surrounded by ornate gilding, 146 cm high

Mahogany pole screen with needlepoint embroidered floral panel,…

Mahogany Pole Screen with Floral Needlepoint Embroidery

Mahogany pole screen with needlepoint embroidered floral panel, 126 cm height, 41 cm length, 23.5 cm depth

Victorian mahogany & tapestry pole screen on tripod base

Mahogany Tripod Tapestry Screen

Victorian mahogany & tapestry pole screen on tripod base

Two early Victorian mahogany pole screens, of typical form, one…

Pair of Victorian Mahogany Pole Screens with Needlepoint & Silk Panels

Two early Victorian mahogany pole screens, of typical form, one with a needlepoint tapestry panel, the other with a silk-work panel, raised on turned column and out-swept legs, 141 cm & 136 cm high (2)

William IV Petit point pole screen c.1830's, mahogany and brass,…

Eastern Hunting Scene Pole Screen

William IV Petit point pole screen c.1830's, mahogany and brass, decorated with an Eastern hunting scene. Height 142 cm

A Victorian rosewood pole screen, mid 19th century, with a…

Victorian Rosewood Needlework Pole Screen

A Victorian rosewood pole screen, mid 19th century, with a glazed cartouche shaped needlework panel depicting lilies, roses and other blooms upon a spiral twist stem and supported on splayed and scrolled tripod legs. Height 140 cm. Width 50.5 cm

Pole screen, William IV, pedestal, Japanned finished, depicting…

William IV Japanned Pole Screen with Palace Depictions

Pole screen, William IV, pedestal, Japanned finished, depicting Palaces on a Lake, height 149 cm

19th century tapestry pole screen, with shaped painted timber…

19th century tapestry pole screen, with shaped painted timber surround, framing a tapestry scene depicting a flute player and seated lady, surrounded by an acanthus border, in tones of brown, blue and green, above a tripod base, height 106 cm and width 58…

A pair of Georgian mahogany pole screens, the screens…

Georgian Mahogany Pole Screens with Classical Embroidery

A pair of Georgian mahogany pole screens, the screens embroidered with classical scenes, original brass fittings for poles, the tripod base with paw feet. 36 cm x 28 cm (screen)

A Victorian pole screen, with circular wool needlework…

Victorian Eagle Needlework Pole Screen

A Victorian pole screen, with circular wool needlework depicting an eagle; turned column and carved tripod base. Panel diameter 40 cm

Pole screen Regency mahogany, with splayed tripod legs, string…

Regency Mahogany Pole Screen with Armorials and Inlay

Pole screen Regency mahogany, with splayed tripod legs, string inlay and armorial, shield with a lithograph, by Xavier Bronner, 1866 (c1840-1890), height 140 cm, width 34 cm

Rosewood pole screen, With antique embroidered panel and fine…

Antique Rosewood Pole Screen with Embroidered Panel

Rosewood pole screen, With antique embroidered panel and fine paw feet. Stands 146 cm

A William IV mahogany pole screen, the adjustable tapestry…

A William IV mahogany pole screen, the adjustable tapestry inset screen on tripod base with paw feet, height 145 cm, width 40 cm.

Victorian pole screen with tapestry panel, 135 cm high approx

Victorian Tapestry Pole Screen

Victorian pole screen with tapestry panel, 135 cm high approx

Victorian rosewood pole screen, with antique embroidered panel

Antique Rosewood Pole Screen with Embroidered Panel

Victorian rosewood pole screen, with antique embroidered panel

An English mahogany and lacquered pole screen, mid 19th century,…

Mahogany and Lacquered Pole Screen with Deer Scene

An English mahogany and lacquered pole screen, mid 19th century, the central standard supporting a rectangular lacquered screen decorated with a scene depicting deer beneath an oak tree, a pavilion in the background, above a fluted and lapet carved lower…

Antique mahogany pole screen with hand embroidered silk insert,…

Mahogany Pole Screen with Silk Insert and Brass Mounts

Antique mahogany pole screen with hand embroidered silk insert, brass mounts on pedestal base

Antique rosewood embroidered pole stand, embroidered floral…

Rosewood Embroidered Pole Stand with Floral Decoration

Antique rosewood embroidered pole stand, embroidered floral decoration to screen. On tri footed stand. Height 135 cm (total).

Victorian burr walnut polescreen, the large tapestry banner…

Romantic Victorian Polescreen with Tapestry Banner

Victorian burr walnut polescreen, the large tapestry banner depicting an interior with romantic couple on tripod stand

A Victorian rosewood pole-screen with wool needlework bouquet…

Victorian Rosewood Pole-Screen with Needlework Bouquet

A Victorian rosewood pole-screen with wool needlework bouquet panel and carved paw feet. Height 134 cm.

Mahogany pole screen, late 19th century, with turned column on…

Mahogany Pole Screen with Classical Embroidery

Mahogany pole screen, late 19th century, with turned column on tripod base and embroidery screen depicting classical scene, height 147 cm

Victorian banner screen and original bracket

Victorian Banner Screen & Bracket

Victorian banner screen and original bracket

William IV mahogany pole screen with hand painted shaped banner…

Mahogany Pole Screen with Hand Painted Banner

William IV mahogany pole screen with hand painted shaped banner on tapering fluted column and concave platform base and bun feet

Antique tapestry pole screen 140 cm high.

140cm Antique Tapestry Pole Screen

Antique tapestry pole screen 140 cm high.

Victorian tapestry pole screen, on tri-footed base, height 164…

Victorian Tapestry Pole Screen on Tri-footed Base

Victorian tapestry pole screen, on tri-footed base, height 164 cm

Victorian mahogany pole screen, with needlework floral bouquet…

Victorian Mahogany Needlework Pole Screen

Victorian mahogany pole screen, with needlework floral bouquet panel, The British Antique Dealers Association seal to base

A mid-Victorian mahogany pole screen, 19th century with an…

A mid-Victorian mahogany pole screen, 19th century with an adjustable hexagonal frame inset with a needlework panel decorated with a bouquet, the cylindrical shafts with urn-shaped finials, on a tapering knopped and foliate support with trefoil concave…

A Georgian rosewood pole screen, H. 150 cm

Georgian Rosewood Pole Screen, 150cm Height

A Georgian rosewood pole screen, H. 150 cm

Victorian pole screen 186 cm high

Victorian Pole Screen: Elegant 186cm Height

Victorian pole screen 186 cm high

Antique French pole screen

French Antique Pole Screen

Antique French pole screen

A pair of Victorian pole screens.

Victorian Pole Screens Pair

A pair of Victorian pole screens.

Victorian walnut pole screen with needlework banner on floral…

Victorian Walnut Needlework Pole Screen

Victorian walnut pole screen with needlework banner on floral carved tripod base

Victorian pedestal pole screen, with needlework crest panel,…

Victorian Needlework Pedestal Screen

Victorian pedestal pole screen, with needlework crest panel, 137 cm high

Antique Regency shield shape pole screen, approx 148 cm high

Regency Pole Screen - Shield Shape (148cm)

Antique Regency shield shape pole screen, approx 148 cm high

Regency mahogany pole screen with embroidered oval silk banner

Mahogany Pole Screen with Embroidered Silk Banner

Regency mahogany pole screen with embroidered oval silk banner

Regency mahogany pole screen with octagonal banner

Octagonal Mahogany Pole Screen

Regency mahogany pole screen with octagonal banner