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

Seventeenth Century

In the seventeenth century, carved ornament started to become more widely used in frames.  With the British Monarchy returning from exile in Europe, influences from the continent greatly affected the styles that where being produced.


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