Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
British, Louis XV style frame
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Carved wood, later oil gilding over original gilding and sanded frieze
Dimensions:
Frame: 31 1/4 × 42 × 2 3/4 inches (79.4 × 106.7 × 7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1987.26.1FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame cross-section: Concave with frieze | frame feature: Alteration evidence | frame feature: Rare pattern | frame style: Louis XV style | frame status: Contemporary | frame alteration: yes | frame ornament: Stylised leaf back edge; scrolling foliate shell-&-raffle leaf corner cartouches with applied rosettes on a punched ground; gadrooned top edge; trailing floral sprigs; leaf-tip sight edge
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65752