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Bark-Carved Adirondack Style Frame

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1860

MediumWalnut and gilding

DimensionsOverall, Image: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 25 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (64.8 × 80 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object numberF2014.5

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 213

DescriptionThis is a walnut, hand-carved 19th-century American Adirondack style frame, featuring a running bark-carved top edge, a smooth scoop cove, and a black sanded liner panel, followed by a strip of thin geometric ornament and gilded liner. The overall molding is 5 inches wide. Upon receipt, the frame had a sight edge of 19 1/2 inches by 23 1/2 inches, and outer dimensions of 29 inches by 33 inches.
Label TextBark-Carved Adirondack-Style Frame, ca. 1860 American Walnut and gilding Museum purchase F2014.5 ProvenancePurchased from Phoenix Antique Frames, Phoenix, MD, May 2014.