Rare Miniature Frame, Rome 17th Century

A truly magnificent Italian Renaissance gold gilded hand carved frame. Amazing craftsmanship and a very good condition for its age. Painting which fits inside (painting opening), di...

Frame. Carved wood. 17th century. It has faults. Rectangular frame made of carved wood that still retains part of its original polychromy. As was usual in various European schools ...

Large wooden frame carved in twisted style and painted, from the 17th century. Original paint - Some chips and missing parts, traces of treated woodworm, transformations on the b...

17th century Spanish Provincial polychrome frame. Hand-carved with extended corners, and hand-painted floral design.

17th century Spanish reverse profile Cassetta frame with hand-painted faux-marble orange panels. Measures: Opening size 5 3/8" x 3 3/4".

Bolognese frame from the first half of the 17th century made of richly carved wood gilded with gold leaf. Carved profile with a pattern of bluebells and ribbons. Beautiful intact pu...

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...

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

17th century wood frame is an original ancient object realized in Italy in the 17th century. Original wood. Very good conditions. Exceptional frame in carved and gilded woo...

Richly carved wooden frame with guilloché decoration, 17th century. Guilloché decoration is a decorative technique of engraving regular geometric patterns on wood; these patterns, o...