A Dutch carved giltwood Baroque mirror frame late 17th century

the later oval plate in a broad frame elaborately carved with acanthus, flowers and cherubim, minor losses

Christie's London, 7 July 2005, lot 359

Very decorative, it may be that this piece has been re-gilded as there is much ingrained dirt. There are some losses to carved detail, there are also cracks to the carving and evidence and worm. The plate with spotting and other marks.
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This extraordinary frame relates to the very best Dutch frames produced in the 17th century. It features devices seen on two documented frames which are illustrated P. J. J. Van Thiel and C. J. Bruyn Kops, Framing in the Golden Age, Zwolle, 1995. These decorative flourishes of foliate motifs enclosing cherubs relate to those framing Gerard Hoet's 'A Couple with Three Children' form circa 1675 and the profusion of boldly scrolled leaves appear on the frame of Cornelis Jonson Van Ceulen II's 'Sara Fannius', circa 1683 (op. cit. p.309 and p.339).