This is a reproduction carved frame, lovely work, with a water gilded finish which is not overly bright and rubbed through to the bole and gesso in places. I am not entirely sure what style this frame fits into. I think it is best just described as Louis XV but perhaps it also has a Régence feel to it, which was the period immediately before Louis XV. But on the other hand... it has some more restrained elements like the straight gadrooned sides which make me think of the end of the Louis XV period when the favoured frame designs in France went right back to much less flamboyant and more classic designs that became the mark of the Louis XVI period.
A lovely frame whatever it's called! answers or ideas on a postcard to the usual address...
