Not on display

Frame

1600-1675 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Carved and gilt wood frame, with busts, children and foliage

Object details

Categories
Frames
Woodwork
Object type
Frame
Materials and techniques
Wood
Gilding
Brief description
Frame, Italian, 1500-1600, gilded
Physical description
Carved and gilt wood frame, with busts, children and foliage
Dimensions
  • Height: 128cm
  • Width: 99cm
  • Depth: 7cm
Sight size 108.5 x 77.5cm (measured 2004 NH)
Object history
Bought for £8 (no further information)
Production
Italy or France (in style of 16th century Italy?)
Bibliographic references
  • G.M.Ellwood and A.A.Braun, Italian Frames of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in 'The Connoisseur', LXXXIII (1929), pp.205-11 (209)
  • London, South Kensington Museum: Ancient and Modern Furniture & Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum, described with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen (London, 1874), p.159
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
8503-1863

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Record createdApril 22, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153080/frame-unknown/
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