Name/Title
Frame, PictureEntry/Object ID
1955.002.115Description
Frame for the large portrait of the female subject thought to be Countess Lomellini. Constructed of mitered and profiled front molding attached to a lap joint backing frame which creates the rabbet. The frame has a flat insert with an arched top and ogee profiled lower corners. The moulding has a deep outer cove and a wide frieze on the inside. The frieze is decorated with scraffito foliate design, which is continued on the spandrels of the insert. Remainder of frame is gold leaf.Artwork Details
Medium
Wood: Gesso, Gold Leaf, Wood, GessoCollection
Planting Fields FoundationCataloged By
CannarsaAcquisition
Accession
1955.002.115Source or Donor
Coe, William RobertsonAcquisition Method
Found in CollectionMade/Created
Notes
Date: Early 20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Frame, PictureNomenclature Primary Object Term
FrameNomenclature Sub-Class
Storage & Display AccessoriesNomenclature Class
Household AccessoriesNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsDimensions
Height
103 inWidth
66 inDimension Notes
5.5" W x 4" DLocation
Location
Room
Great HallBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentDate
August 16, 2023Location
Room
Great HallBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentInventory
Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried By
Amanda MassimillioInventoried Date
Jun 26, 2024Inventoried By
LegerInventoried Date
May 9, 2023Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
In 1996 Eric Price noted the frame has a grime layer, and there are wood losses along the left front outer edge. The gesso is lifting extensively on the front edge and the sight edge with scattered losses. Some gesso losses are overpainted. The painted was varnished in the frame.Provenance
Notes
Collected By: William Robertson Coe
After Coe purchased the painting in 1923, he sent it to Paris where Jacques Seligmann installed it into this frame.
William Robertson Coe
Planting Fields FoundationCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
November 16, 2006Updated By
intern@plantingfields.orgUpdate Date
July 16, 2024
