Baroque Picture Frame, Lacquered and Gilded Wood, Italy, 17th Century

Richly carved gilded chimneypiece, supporting frame and projecting side uprights with double frames with mirrors surmounted by carved architectural cymas. In the center imposing one-...

Eclectic mirror made of carved and gilded wood, worked with leaf motifs, acanthus leaves, rocaille-style elements, and drooping festoons on the sides. Italy second half 19th century

Specchiera in stile Barocco, in legno intagliato e dorato. Specchio centrale sagomato con cornice modanata riccamente impreziosita da intagli fogliacei a volute e nastro nella cimasa...

Neoclassical mirror in carved and partially lacquered and gilded wood, Lombardy last quarter 18th century. Medallion cymatium with love knot placed on top, made from ribbon and held ...

Framework. Gilded and polychrome wood, 17th century. Presents loss in lower left area. Frame made of carved wood gilded and polychrome in certain areas that presents a decoration bas...

This rare Venetian frame entirely carved in high-relief shows a rich decor of scrolls, garlands, daisy flowers and thistles. At the four corners of the frame are depicted large acant...

A fine ornate antique French Louis XV style gilt bronze photo frame with back easel stand, Napoleon III era, circa 1880. Richly decorated with neoclassical style motifs such as faces...

Framework. Carved wood, late 17th-early 18th century. Rectangular frame that presents a "base structure" of straight lines, combining moldings of different widths and finishes (inside, a golden band with Fine plant details towards the corners; then a thin red one, and a wider green one, these two the latter imitating marble; outside, another fine gilt molding), enhanced with a series of carvings of vegetal elements in the corners (symmetrical composition), two ovoid elements on the long sides and a highly elaborate cresting with vegetal elements, rockeries, scrolls, flowers and imitation of fabrics (which are joined with those ovoid elements mentioned). The combination of red, green and gold is common in certain types of frames (compare, for example, with the terracotta of Salamanca made around the middle of the 16th century by Juan de Juni, which is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum). On it, a series of carvings with a lot of movement and depth have been added, showing Baroque influence (reminiscent in certain details of works such as the frame of the Immaculate Conception by Alonso Cano...