AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME

CIRCA 1735

Details

AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME
Circa 1735
Now with rectangular bevelled mirror plate, the rectangular frame profusely carved with confronting C-scrolls, cornucopia, trailing foliage and shells, with a partially effaced printed paper label: ROBSON/10 BRUTON ST. BOND ST./LONDON, W..., inscribed in red chalk 2541, inscribed on back in yellow chalk 7968, 1968 X 2, incised mark 252 twice
31in. (79cm.) high, 41in. (104cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Designed in the Louis XV 'picturesque' manner associated with the ornamentistes Juste-Aurle Meissonier and Nicolas Pineau, this frame reflects the mature style of the sculpteur's art circa 1740. A related frame in the collection of Georges Bac, with similarly deep carving, floral trails wrapped around its addorsed C-scrolls and assymetric cartouches, is illustrated in J. Nebout, 'Le Cadre et Le Bois Dor Travers Les Sicles', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, n.d., pp.81-3.