FAMAG 1000.23
Late sixteenth-/early seventeenth-century Italian cassetta frame with architrave profile, convex top rail and half-round astragal between flutes; flat frieze and astragal stepped to sight edge; finished with parcel-gilding on rails, black painted frieze and back hollow; supplied by Paul Mitchell Limited. (r)
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Richardson, John Thomas (1860-1942): Cottage near Marlborough, Falmouth, signed and dated 1913, oil on canvas, 46 x 60.5 cms.
More information about the frame
This is a classical cassetta frame, one of the simplest and most versatile of profiles, which functions like a door into the landscape, the lines of the rails and their mitres exerting a pull inwards on the spectator. The rails, gilded over a dark bole, along with the black frieze, echo the darkly-shadowed trees and the subtle golden-brown highlights of the painting. Contrast this with the bolder, more sculptural black and gold frames with their Baroque silhouettes which provide such a strong foil for Kenneth Newton?s paintings.