A LOUIS XIV CARVED AND DÉCAPÉ FRAME, with running anthemia-and-spool pattern at outer edge; outer scotia; the central ogee with anthemia at corners and centres flanked by scrolling foliage, roses and strapwork on cross-hatched ground; cavetto; recessed band with ribbons and stars; the inner ogee with acanthus leaves, anthemia and strapwork on fluted ground; cavetto sight edge

Details
A LOUIS XIV CARVED AND DÉCAPÉ FRAME, with running anthemia-and-spool pattern at outer edge; outer scotia; the central ogee with anthemia at corners and centres flanked by scrolling foliage, roses and strapwork on cross-hatched ground; cavetto; recessed band with ribbons and stars; the inner ogee with acanthus leaves, anthemia and strapwork on fluted ground; cavetto sight edge
15¾ x 19 1/8 x 6 7/8in. (40 x 48.6 x 17.4cm.)
Literature
S. Roche, Cadres français et étrangers du XV siècle au XVIII siècle, Paris, 1931, pl. 16
Galerie Georges Bac, Le Cadre et le Bois Doré à travers les Siècles, 1991, p. 60, illustrated
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Georges Bac, Le Cadre et le Bois Doré à travers les Siècles, 1991

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