Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
French, Rococo frame
Date:
20th century
Materials & Techniques:
Carved wood; canvas, matt and burnished water gilding, sanded frieze
Dimensions:
Frame: 30 1/2 × 40 5/8 × 4 1/4 inches (77.5 × 103.2 × 10.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1985.10.1FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame ornament: Foliate back; scrolling foliate-&-rocaille corner cartouches with quadrillage ground linked by swept rails to pierced rocaille centres; trailing floral rinceaux; inner shaped rail; acanthus-&-flower sight, fluted ground; overall recutting in gesso | frame feature: Recutting in gesso, 'réparure' | frame cross-section: Concave with frieze and inlay | frame alteration: no alteration | frame style: Rococo | frame status: Reproduction of non-period frame
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65706