Cassetta frame

Unknown maker

Medium: Basswood back frame with rosewood upper moldings and ivory, tortoiseshell, oak and maple veneers. Carved. Sight edge: simplified lotus leaf, ebonized. Frieze: ivory stringing, maple and oak veneer. Centers: oval bosses with ivory and tortoiseshell veneer. Corners: curled acanthus leaves and paterae engraved on ivory.
Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (36.2 × 30.2 cm) Sight: 10 × 7 5/8 in. (25.4 × 19.3 cm) Rabbet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.6 × 21.5 cm)
Culture: American, New York (?)
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Frames
Dated: early 20th century
Pixels: 1796 × 2128
SHA-256: 97e8ca9f415d201e…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Cassetta frame. early 20th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.