Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown framemaker
Title:
British or Irish (?), Louis XV style frame
Date:
mid-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:
B1993.30.1FR
Classification:
Frames
Collection:
Frames
Subject Terms:
frame ornament: Leaf back; acanthus scroll cartouches with rosettes and trailing flowers linked by flat swept scrolls to trefoil-pierced centres, with undulating panel section overlapping frieze bordered by C-scrolls; leaf-&-shell sight | frame cross-section: Shallow scotia | frame style: Louis XV style | frame status: Out of period | frame alteration: possibly | frame feature: Unusual pattern
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:65831