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Among the Renaissance char¬ 
acteristics in this polychrome 
and gilt frame are the ara¬ 
besques in gold on a blue 
ground, the pillars and the 
fully detailed entablature 
greatest diversit}’ of t)pes was to be 
found in the countries where paint¬ 
ing most abundantly flourished—in 
Italy and Spain, although France and 
England supplied examples well de¬ 
serving of attention. In any space 
An arched pediment head and 
other architectural features are- 
shown in this Florentine frame 
of polychrome and gilt with 
sgraffito patterns. Courtesy of 
Rosenbach Galleries 
arched pediment enriched with appro¬ 
priate carved decoration. This same 
type of frame often had a shaped base 
ornament or apron, bearing a shield, a 
cartouche, a shell or some kindred de¬ 
vice along with its usual acconipani- 
less than a book devoted to the sub¬ 
ject, it would be impossible to consider fully 
all the Renaissance frame styles, but a few of 
the most typical may here be mentioned. There 
was, to begin with, the frame of distinctly 
architectural inspiration, with pillars or pilas¬ 
ters at the sides, reproducing accurately in 
small, all the customar}* features to be found 
in their larger prototypes. The head of the 
frame might be either 
a straight entablature The over-mirror dec- 
with properly detailed oration in the room 
moldings and cornice above is set in a dec- 
, ° ^, orative gilded frame. 
or else, either a H. F. Huber & Co., 
Straight or a round- decorators 
ment of scrolls and foliage. Fre¬ 
quently these frames were carved in walnut, 
but more frequently still, were wrought with 
polychrome and gilt decoration upon a gesso 
ground laid over a soft wood base. The deco¬ 
rative motifs employed were the same as those 
that appeared on th? carved or painted furni¬ 
ture of the period or in contemporary archi- 
various sorts. 
Another type of 
tectural ornament of 
(Left) A modern over¬ 
door in the .Adam style 
showing Neo-Classic 
influence. Karl Freund 
was the decorator of 
the room 
frame, somewhat less 
architectural in its 
general composition, 
had ornately carved 
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This over-mantel is a modern frame architecturally incor¬ 
porated. It is Queen Anne or Early Georgian and shows 
Baroque influence. Charles Willing, architect 
The over-mantel in this room has an early Georgian mod¬ 
ern frame of Baroque influence, architecturally incorpor¬ 
ated. Wilson Eyre & Mcllvaine, architects 
