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.
