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Detail of the frame for Tintoretto's The Muses
Frames in the Royal Collection

A guide to the history of frames in the Royal Collection

BRITISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Raffle Leaf Bolection

RCIN 7402623

Appearing from the second half of the seventeenth century the Raffle leaf frame is one of the most common styles in the Royal Collection; a reverse-section profile with a broad acanthus-and-tongue panel. This design recurs throughout the centuries and in the nineteenth century many replicas in this style were made with ornament moulded in composition rather than carved in wood.


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