Group D- traditional frame styles and materials for print/paper traditional frame styles and materials (Boi Lee)

Company Name: ARTLISTINGS
Style: GROTESQUE-style
Address: Nieuwe Ginnekenstraat 34 4811 NS Breda The Netherlands

Telephone:+ 31 765142664
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Website:http://www.vanaalatantiek.nl/
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Products Information / model numbers:A CARVED RENAISSANCE MIRRORFRAME, GROTESQUE-STYLE, DESIGN OF CORNELIS FLORIS
Special Remarks:
Material - walnet and goldleaf
Height 31 in
Width  19 in

A carved frame with mirrorplate in grotesque-style, made of walnut and partially decorated with goldleaf.

This carved frame is made in the early Renaissance style, the so called Grotesque-style which originally came from Italy. This style is characterized by the combination of strapwork, scrollwork, festoons, mascarons and putti. The frame should look like a piece of leather. Therefor the wood is bowed a little. Both Cornelis Floris in Flanders as Hans Vredeman de Vries in the Republic made a lot of designs in this Grotesque-style. It is the earliest Renaissance form introduced in the Netherlands.This type of frame is very rare.