Late 19th C. American applied ornament, gold leaf, reverse profile 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 flat liner with large beads then rising in a narrow, beveled liner to the top curling leaf and ball motif at the top edge set between two coves with straps at the corners. The outside of the frame drops down in a shallow curve festooned with leaves and flowers with acanthus leaves at the corners. Original gilding.