Lot Essay
See C. Grimm, The Book of Picture Frames, New York, 1992, no. 98, p. 106, for a similar frame in the Cà d'Oro, Venice
Details
A VENETIAN 16TH CENTURY CARVED AND GILDED CASSETTA FRAME, with raised egg-and-dart outer edge; the central plate with foliage pattern in granito, and the coffered corners with rosettes in high profile on blue ground; rope twist at inner edge; recessed foliate sight edge
33 x 24 x 7¾in. (83.8 x 60.9 x 19.6cm.)
33 x 24 x 7¾in. (83.8 x 60.9 x 19.6cm.)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Georges Bac, Le Cadre et le Bois Doré à travers les Siècles, 1991