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Gilded oak and laurel leaf



This late 19th Century frame has a gilded oak inner frame and the outer is a triple run of the often used laurel leaf and berry ornament. This outer ornament is one of the commonest seen on old frames, but usually it is just a larger single run. This frame was made by W.A. Smith who has an extensive listing in the National Portrait Gallery list of British Framemakers 1630-1950, complied by Jacob Simon:

http://www.npg.org.uk/research/conservation/directory-of-british-framemakers/s.php