Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: unknown framemaker
Title:: British, Louis XIV style frame
Date:: mid-third of 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Carved wood, later oil gilding over original gilding and sanded frieze
Dimensions:: Frame: 33 1/2 × 40 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (85.1 × 102.9 × 6.4 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.753FR
Classification:: Frames
Collection:: Frames
Subject Terms:: frame ornament: Flowered back edge; projecting, pierced corner foliate scroll-&-shell cartouches with applied rosettes; scrolling foliate centres with applied rosettes; continuous foliate strapwork with leaf and floral sprigs on a punched ground; acanthus leaf sight edge | frame style: Louis XIV style | frame status: Out of period | frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze | frame feature: Later gilding flaking | frame alteration: possibly
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65641