Lot Essay
See S. Roche, Cadres français et étrangers du XV siècle au XVIII siècle, Paris, 1931, pl. 27, for a similar frame
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A RÉGENCE CARVED AND GILDED FRAME, with egg-and-spool outer edge; outer scotia; the corners of the central moulding with cartouches crowned with acanthus leaves, surrounded by egg-and-spool border, and flanked by scrolling foliage and strapwork on cross-hatched ground running to anthemia centres; astragal; foliate sight edge on fluted ground
21 x 17 x 4¼in. (53.3 x 43.2 x 10.8cm.)
21 x 17 x 4¼in. (53.3 x 43.2 x 10.8cm.)