Frames in the Royal Collection
A guide to the history of frames in the Royal Collection
BRITISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Frame for RCIN 405877, Hanneman, Mary of Orange
RCIN 7405877
This style was at the height of fashion during the reign of Queen Anne (1665-1714), but came into the Collection around the turn of the eighteenth century. The Queen Anne Bolection is a more varied reverse-section frame that is most recognisable by its gadrooned knull and ornamented sight and back edges.
They first came into use during the end of William III (1650-1702) and Mary II's (1662-94) reign and continued through into George I's (1660-1727), and have since returned to the Collection as composition reproductions in the nineteenth century.
