Two sections of Victorian carved wood and gesso border circa 1844, the design attributed to John Gregory Crace

in French Régence style, each long panel with strapwork and interlocking foliate bellflower decoration, laid on a brown painted background, one section with reel and bellflower border

Good condition but with some wear and losses to the gilded and paper decoration. Fragmentation and losses to the carving, especially to the ends. Further losses to some acanthus leaf tips and chipping throughout.
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