17th Century Spanish Marble Panel Frame

Handcarved and parcel-gilt Cassetta frame with deep red panels and faux marble segments in sea green.

19th century Italian hand-carved giltwood frame with cross-hatch and floral design. Measures: Opening size 14 1/4" x 11".

19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Frame Solid wood carved frame, applied with gilt mouldings. The ebonized border is decorated with gilt foliate scrolls. The frame is covered in ve...

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...