Lacquered Frame, Veneto, Last Quarter of the 18th Century

Small lacquered wood jewelry box on ivory ground; shaped at the edges it is supported by four flattened ball feet. On the sides and top of the rocaille reserves in shades of blue con...

Group of six ivory lacquered, painted and gilded walnut armchairs. Shaped back; the wavy armrests are carved with an acanthus leaf, both on the socket and in the underarm, the latter...

Lombard neoclassical chest of drawers veneered in briar walnut with borders in bois de rose and violets, Italy, last quarter of the 18th century. On the front, the three drawers as w...

Carved and gilded wooden console table. It rests on four opposing double-curved supports ending in full-bodied curling volutes held by masks; carved female caryatids rest on the uppe...

Carved and gilded wooden mirror. The rectangular frame enclosing the mirror is carved with small scroll motifs on the corners with the bottom tapped with a burin. Surrounding the fra...

Venetian Baroque console table supported by wavy legs; the apron on the front and sides is carved with characteristic rocaille motifs. Made of walnut, the shaped top is alabaster wit...

Rectangular frame made of carved and gilded wood that combines a smooth thin band inside, with another carved with fajada band and another, to the outside, which combine smooth areas with delicate plant details (these in the same finish as the rest of the molding, highlighted on a striped background). Currently, the value and appreciation of the frames are on the rise due to the search for them by the museums and important institutions, with the aim of giving the works the frames they would have in origin. Hence, similar examples are found in some Vermeer paintings...

Framework. Carved and gilded wood, 18th century. Rectangular frame with a semicircular finish in the center of the upper part, crowned by a composition with leaves and elements of ...

Polychrome and gilded wood frame. Late 18th century. Rectangular frame with golden seed beads on a red background and elements related to the Passion of Christ in shields in the corners and center of the longest sides: dice, nails, bag (of the Judas coins...

It requires restoration. Rectangular cornucopia with carved and gilded wooden frame decorated with a series of smooth moldings and with a very elaborate finish on the upper part (ar...

Large hand carved and gilded frame. Italyl, late 18th to early 19th century.

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...