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Acanthus Cove Frame

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1890

MediumGilded wood

DimensionsOverall, Frame: 41 1/2 × 51 1/2 × 4 × 6 in. (105.4 × 130.8 × 10.2 × 15.2 cm)

InscribedNone

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object numberF2015.18

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an American wood frame created ca. 1890, typical in style for Hudson River School paintings. It features gilded and applied composition ornament, with a laurel and berry top edge, followed by a cove with a stylized acanthus pattern scotia, a band of strung pearls, a thin fluted inner cove, and a band of geometric ornament, with a flat and hollow liner. It measures 41 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches, and the sight edge is 30 x 40 inches. The width of the molding is 6 inches and the depth is 4 inches. There are no inscriptions or labels.
ProvenancePurchased from David Friedman of Susquehanna Antique Company, Alexandria, VA, (formerly of Georgetown, Washington, DC) by Chrysler Museum of Art, December 2015.Exhibition History“Seascapes by William Trost Richards,” Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 9 - May 1, 2016.