The frame is one of a matching pair on two still-life paintings by the artist.1 It is particular in being only partly gilded. The same profile appears in the frame for Tom Roberts’ portrait of Louise, daughter of the Hon. L. L. Smith, (4647-3) from the same date, and where the frame is gilded and now carries a darkened finish.
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1 The other is Carnival, 1888, (2007.1) acquired at the same time.