Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
British, Rococo frame
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Carved wood, later oil gilding and over original oil and water gilding and sanded ground
Dimensions:
Frame: 44 1/2 × 37 × 3 3/8 inches (113 × 94 × 8.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.410FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame cross-section: Shallow scotia | frame feature: Exceptional quality carving | frame style: Rococo | frame ornament: Stylized leaf back edge; scrolling foliate-&-raffle leaf corner cartouches with applied sunflowers, linked by swept fasces rails to rocaille centres; trailing floral sprigs; centred running husks | frame cross-section: Slip | frame alteration: no alteration | frame status: Possibly original
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65318