57. A late 17th-century French Louis XIV carved giltwood frame (altered)

with egg-and-spool at outer edge; the corners of the ogee moulding with anthemia flanked by foliate c-scrolls and flower-heads running to paired c-scroll foliate reposes and centres with anthemia and scrolling foliage on a cross-hatched ground; the reposes on a punched ground; foliate ovolo at sight edge on a hatched ground; altered in size

Frames from the Collection of the Richard Green Gallery | Part I

A late 17th-century French Louis XIV carved giltwood frame (altered)

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April 5, 02:57 PM GMT

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1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

A late 17th-century French Louis XIV carved giltwood frame (altered)

ogee profile; with cabochon chain at the back edge;scrolling foliate strapwork cartouches at the corners, centres and demi-centres holding fanned lambrequins in the corners, otherwise leaf buds, with a diapered and punchwork ground to the corners and centres; joined by foliated C-scrolls on the ogee on a cross-hatched ground; cavetto crossed by the cartouches; undulating acanthus and buds on a hatched ground at the sight edge; original gilding

Overall: 102 x 82.5 cm.

Rebate: 80.3 x 60.4 cm.

Sight size: 76.6 x 56.8 cm.

Paul Levi;

His sale, London, Christie's South Kensington, 18 February 1998, lot 124, where acquired.