Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
British Rococo frame
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Carved wood, regilded over original gilding and sanded frieze
Dimensions:
Frame: 49 × 63 × 3 inches (124.5 × 160 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.357FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame style: Rococo | frame feature: Recutting in gesso, 'réparure' | frame ornament: Flowered back edge; pierced corner scrolling foliate-&-raffle leaf cartouches linked by swept flat rails on hatched ground to pierced scrolling foliate-&-shell centres, on punched ground; trailing floral sprigs; acanthus-&-shell sight edge | frame alteration: probably | frame cross-section: Concave with frieze | frame status: Out of period
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65265