Late 19th C. American gold leaf frame with large applied ornament of curling leaves

Frame #1734

A picture frame with gold leaf and a gray background.

$2,076.00

Description

This frame has a flat liner with a twisted ribbon then a steep, flat bevel rising to a ribbon and stick motif. The high relief top has large leaves curling over a stick with flower buds between and large projecting acanthus leaves at the corners. A deep cove at the sides and a raised back edge with a lambs tongue motif. Original gilding. A similar frame is found on John Singer Sargent’s painting La Carmencita”” 1890, Musée d’Orsay.

Sight Size: 19 1/16 x 23 1/4

Rabbet Size: 20 x 24 1/16

Moulding Width: 5 1/4

Any of our frames can be restored, re-sized or have a gilded liner added to alter the size.

Please contact us for more information.

Frame Size Definitions:

Sight Size refers to the smallest interior measure or opening size in
the frame as viewed from the front of the frame.
Rabbet Size refers to the inside measurement from the back of the frame
that the art or a mirror would fit into.

Width refers to the molding width from the inner sight edge to the outside edge of the frame.
Description: The frames are described from the inside sight edge
across the width of the molding to the outside edge.

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