- Creator:
- unknown framemaker
- Title:
- British, Rococo with fronton frame
- Date:
- 3rd quarter of 18th century
- Materials & Techniques:
- Carved wood and compo, later gilding over original gilding
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.312FR
- Classification:
- Frames
- Collection:
- Frames
- Subject Terms:
- frame status: Original | frame ornament: swan’s neck fronton enclosing shell vase with floral garland & anthemion crest, with supporting bosses springing acanthus flourishes; incised ovolo torus | frame cross-section: Concave with frieze | frame ornament: Scrolling foliate-&-raffle leaf corner-&-center cartouches, with rocaille in top corners and swags of husks; shell cartouche at base with dependent husks caught by raffle leaf clasps; bordered fluted panels | frame feature: Exceptional quality carving | frame style: Rococo with fronton | frame feature: Exceptionally fine recutting in gesso, 'réparure' | frame alteration: no alteration
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65220