This is a really good little antique frame, which has taken some damage while being shipped from America. It is a Louis XIV corner and centre frame and it was made in the late 17th or early 18th Century. The ornament is carved by hand and gilded. If you look at the back you can see the frame has been skillfully extended to fit the painting it currently surrounds (which is mid 19th Century). The frame was sawn through either side of two opposite centres and then the four new blocks of wood were added, these were then carved to match the scrolling ornament and other carved decoration. A frame like this is probably worth around £1500 to £1800
