Late 19th C. American gold leaf and applied tiered ornament frame

Available from Atelier Richard Boerth when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

This frame has a liner with a flat sight edge and a sloped frieze with incised tendril design between two rows of beads. The outer frame has acanthus leaves in an ogee profile below the leaf and berry top edge set between two narrow coves. Cove sides with narrow rounded fret work at the back edge. Original gilding obscured by bronze paint.