Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
British, Louis XIV style frame
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Carved wood, later oil gilding and punchwork over original gilding and sanded frieze
Dimensions:
Frame: 57 × 47 × 2 3/4 inches (144.8 × 119.4 × 7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.269FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze | frame style: Louis XIV style | frame status: Possibly original | frame alteration: no alteration | frame ornament: Flowered back edge; projecting, pierced corner foliate scroll-&-shell cartouches with applied daisy paterae and centre foliate cartouches with inset rosettes on a punched ground; continuous foliate scrolls and floral sprigs; leaf-&-shell sight
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65178