Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: unknown framemaker
Title:: British Louis XIV style frame
Date:: 2nd and 3rd quarters of 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Carved wood, later oil gilding over original gilding and sanded frieze
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1973.1.34FR
Classification:: Frames
Collection:: Frames
Subject Terms:: frame ornament: Curled leaf tip at back edge; projecting, pierced corner-&-centre raffle leaf-&-shell cartouches with applied sunflower paterae on a shaped panel; continuous foliate strapwork with leaf buds on a punched ground; acanthus leaf sight edge | frame style: Louis XIV | frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze | frame alteration: probably not | frame status: Probably custom-made for painting
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:64114