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Drawings & Watercolors
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Frames
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unknown
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Collective Title
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases
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Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
black ink
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gold leaf
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gouache
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original gilding
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pen
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watercolor
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wood
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wove paper
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later gilding
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watercolor
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still life
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frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze
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frame style: Louis XIV style
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Greek
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bells (aerophone components)
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dance
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frame alteration: no alteration
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frame alteration: yes
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frame feature: Exceptional quality carving
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frame ornament: Flowered back edge; continuous foliate strapwork and alternating leaf sprigs on a punched ground with acanthus leaf corners; acanthus leaf-&-shell sight edge
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frame ornament: Flowered back edge; projecting corner foliate scroll-&-raffle leaf cartouches linked to centre foliate-&-scallop shell cartouches by continuous foliate scrolls, strapwork and leaf sprigs; acanthus-&-shell sight edge
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frame status: Out of period
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frame status: Probably custom-made for painting
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offerings
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still life
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vases
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women
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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British, Louis XIV style frame
1st half of 18th century
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unknown framemaker
British, Louis XIV style frame
1st half of 18th century