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frame cross-section: Shallow scotia
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frame feature: Exceptionally fine recutting in gesso, 'réparure'
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frame feature: Exceptionally well-preserved gilding
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frame feature: Hybrid style
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frame feature: Original corner keys
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frame feature: Original use: portrait format
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frame ornament: Gadrooned back; rocaille pierced corner-&-centre cartouches with fanned lambrequins linked by swept rails to intermediate cartouches; trailing foliate C-scrolls and flowers on quadrillage ground; leaf tip sight
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frame ornament: Pierced foliate C-scroll-&-cabochon corner cartouches on quadrillage ground; coronet-&-raffle leaf centre cartouches linked by swept rails to intermediate pierced trefoils; panels with heartsease sprigs on hazzled ground; incised leaf sight; overall recut
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frame status: Out of period
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frame status: Reproduction of non-period frame
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frame style: North Italian Rococo style
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frame style: Rococo
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British, North Italian Rococo style frame
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mid-18th century