ID: 700008836 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008836	Record Type: Movable Work
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Frame (painting (visual work); almost certainly carved in the London workshop of Paul Petit...; about 1751; Victoria and Albert Museum (London, Greater London, England,...; W.35:2-1972)

Note: This is one of the most elaborate English carved Rococo frames to survive. The exceptionally bold carving features animals, scrolls and foliage typical of the Rococo style, as well as military trophies. It was almost certainly carved in the workshop of Paul Petit. Petit had produced several elaborate frames for George's father, Frederick, Prince of Wales, an avid promoter of the Rococo in the 1740s. The rectangular frame is carved with rococo ornament composed of 'C' scrolls, acanthus leaves and flame ornament with military trophies, two winged dragons, two demi-lions and a lion pelt. The crest of the frame has a scroll pediment and hissing dragons emerging from the corners. on the proper left is a trophy composed of a mortar, cannon, kettledrum, trumpet, hautboy, halberd and a furled colour; the proper right trophy consists of a reversed mortar decorated with a crown, a cannon, kettledrum, musket, fasces, furled colour and a leading staff; the base of the frame has two demi-lions emerging from the corners, supported on scrolling brackets and in the centre, a small lion pelt. The top and side sight edges are carved with egg and dart.

Titles:

Frame (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1751

Creator Display:

almost certainly carved in the London workshop of Paul Petit (active 1724-1757) [preferred,VP]

carver Petit, Paul (English framemaker, active 1724-1757) Qualifier: probably by [500337027]

Locations:

Current: Victoria and Albert Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500302040] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: W.35:2-1972

Other: Creation: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: [Frame] Carved pine, with original gilded gesso

	pine (wood) [300012620]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, softwood)

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

	gesso [300014952]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, surface preparation materials)

Dimensions: Height: 215.9 cm, Width: 185.4 cm

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	scroll-work [300010205]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)

Related Works:

	context is .... George III when Prince of Wales [700008835]
	..........painting (visual work); after Knapton, George, born 1698 - died 1778 (painter (artis...; ca. 1751 (made); Victoria and Albert Museum (London, Greater London, England,...; W.35:1-1972

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Frame	........ [VP]
	........ Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010)