Late 19th C. American gold leaf and applied ornament acanthus ogee cove frame with reeded top

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 rising in plain and ornamented bands to a flat frieze with a low relief C-scrolls and leaves. The main ogee profile is covered with acanthus leaves and floral motifs above which is a a convex bundle of reeds bound with intermittent straps and at the corners. Cove sides with row of leaf tips at the back edge. Original gilding obscured with bronze paint.