Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
British, Rococo frame
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Carved wood, later oil gilding over original gilding and sanded frieze
Dimensions:
Frame: 43 × 35 1/4 × 3 inches (109.2 × 89.5 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.520FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame cross-section: Concave with frieze | frame style: Rococo | frame feature: Exceptional quality carving | frame feature: Later gilding flaking | frame alteration: no alteration | frame status: Out of period | frame ornament: Pierced corner foliate scroll, raffle leaf-&-shell cartouches with applied sunflower paterae linked by flat S-scrolls to pierced foliate C-scroll centres with rosettes and intermediate pierced centres; trailing floral sprigs; acanthus-&-shell sight
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65426