19th C. Italian carved, gold leaf Medici style reverse profile frame with an oval spandrel interior.

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 ribbon and stick motif at the oval sight edge with the flat spandrels covered in leaves and tendrils. The prominent pierced, convex top profile has a profusion of leaves curling outward from the centers to acanthus leaf corners . All of which overhang the lower pierced cove with curling leaves and outer edge with a row of overlapping leaves. Original gold leaf.