An Italian reverse profile carved frame, 17th Century,

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An Italian reverse profile carved frame, 17th Century,
with painted tortoise-shell effect at the outside edge; the corners of the ogee with gilded, incised flowers, the flower heads with inlaid glass centres, on a gilded cross-hatched ground; the centres of the ogee ebonised; gilded sight edge with saw-tooth motif -- 28 x 23 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (71.1 x 59 x 14.6)
See colour plate