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Artwork Details
Felton Bequest, 1924
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Frame
The frame, which is essentially derived from the Louis XIV style, is deceptively wide. The impression of width is reduced by the use of burnished gilding on the hollow of the inner section of the frame. The frame demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship both in the gilding and in the undercut composition work. May worked extensively for Sargent, producing frames that were noted for the quality of their gilding.1
Note
1 The company came into existence towards the end of the nineteenth century and traded until 1922. May advertised the use of both English and French craftsmen. See Jacob Simon, The Art of the Picture Frame, National Portrait Gallery, 1996, p. 135.
Frame Details
- Framemaker
- C. M. May & Son
134 Wardour Street, Soho, London - Date
- (1912)
- Materials
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The base of the frame is a wooden chassis with another wide, shaped profile forming the inner section. The mitred corners are braced on the reverse. The decorative work on the bevel is a pronounced composition section with undercut leaves along the leading edge. The surface is a mixture of burnished water gilding and matte oil gilding on the composition sections and outer section.
- Frame Condition
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Worn but original condition throughout.
- Dimensions
- 86.0 x 101.0 x 10.0 cm; sight 53.5 x 69.0 cm
- More Information
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Colourmen
- Colourman
- MEUNIER
- Location of stamp
- Upper right quadrant or reverse of canvas, and horizontal stretcher cross brace
- Transcript
- HENRI MEUNIER & Co./IMPORTERS OF ARTIST MATERIALS/26 EARL'S COURT ROAD W
- Medium
- Ink stamps
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