Carved Tondo Frame

Florentine frame

This lovely carved wood Italian frame, often called a Florentine frame, has come in for some repairs and a good tidy-up. They are clearly very prone to damage with all those scrolls and protruding leaf tips. This one is probably 19th Century. You also see them made from composition or plaster (instead of carved from wood) these versions are a nightmare to repair, the scrolls are supported on wire and as the compo cracks over time they just start falling apart.

Italian frames

I've just spent a very enjoyable holiday in Italy, here are just a few photos of the many framing and frame design related things that I saw.
I had some really good photos on my camera of work I finished before I went away, but lost my camera on the first day in Italy! better than losing it at the end of the holiday...