This section of a large, circular frame, is finely carved in low relief, the design heightened by the paint and gilding applied after the carving. It was bought to provide a good model for designers and carvers, who had to learn such skills as those of drawing designs to fit evenly round a circular frame. It is one of several hundred carvings given to the Museum in 1921 by Sir Charles Allom and his wife, in memory of their son, who died in the First World War. From 1893 Sir Charles headed White Allom & Co., one of the most successful firms of architectural decorators in Britain, specialising in the copying of historic styles. Between 1900 and 1914 he also began to work for clients in the United States and after the First World War he spent time in both countries. The collection of carvings seems to have been put together as a study collection for his son, perhaps in the expectation that he would follow in his father's footsteps and take over the firm.