FAMAG 1000.41.2
A British twentieth-century copy of a seventeenth-century Baroque torus leaf frame, decorated in applied composition with cross-cut acanthus ornament; bevel to sight edge.
About this work
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Ingram, William Ayerst (1855-1913): Schooner on the high seas, signed, oil on canvas, 109 x 200 cms. Presented by G.F.G.Pollard.
More information about the frame
This is a reproduction of a Baroque Italian moulding, rather reduced in width from the size it would have been originally relative to the painting. Such frames were designed to give authority and presence in the opulent settings of Baroque palaces and cathedrals, and to save the picture from being swamped by its setting. They had a resurgence of popularity in the twentieth century and are still being produced, on a meaner scale.
The large-scale cross-cut acanthus ornament functions like fluting and other inward-pointing motifs, giving a recessive effect to the painting.
This frame was conserved by Katie Emmett, who is based on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall.