AN ENGLISH ARTS & CRAFTS BRASS AND WROUGHT IRON FIRE SCREEN ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES FRANCIS ANNESLEY VOYSEY, CIRCA 1900, with repoussé stylized tulip decoration and domed reflector wrapped with motto "What Fairy Palaces We May Build of Thought" from John Ruskin's ninth 1872 Slade Lecture entitled "The Eagle's Nest," wrought iron frame. NOTE: This firescreen features several distinct stylistic elements found in the work of the English Arts & Crafts architect and designer Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941). The overall form is related to a painted mantle clock designed in 1895 and exhibited the following year at the fifth annual show of The Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society (examples of this clock are in the collections of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London and The Virginia Museum of Fine Art). Furthering the source of inspiration the domed reflector of the fire screen mimics the form and placement of the clock faces. The prominent stylized tulips are nearly identical to examples found in the wallpaper and rug patterns "Bird and Tulip" designed for Morris & Co. in 1896. Finally, the typography of the motto, drawn from John Ruskin's ninth Slade lecture delivered in 1872, entitled "The Eagle's Nest," is found in plaques designed by Voysey around 1900. Uncovered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, it is possible that this piece was imported by John Scott Bradstreet for his “Craftshouse” shop which stocked works purchased from Morris & Co. and Liberty's of London. Height: 30 1/2" Width: 20 1/4"