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Object Name2 Frames
Made FromWood, paint
Dateabout 1650-1700
Place Madeprobably Germany
Techniquecarved, gessoed, painted and gilded
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number88.7.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBrown wood; painted red, brown and gilded; carved, gessoed. Rectangular shape, made of form lengths of rounded molding, mitered at the corners; carved scrollwork applied on the sides of the top corners and cresting on top, the carving piched out in red paint and gilding; (A) inscribed in pencil on the back of the cresting (script) "N I G B W / a o June / 1901" (?); (B) inscribed similarly, but too faint to read accurately.
Provenance
Source Susan Milzman - 1988
Source Dianne Greg - 1988