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Frames 641
Paintings and Sculpture 10
Prints and Drawings 4

Creator

Unknown framemaker 609
Mickelson's, Department of Picture Framing 14
Pollak, (?) F.A. 10
Bell, Niki, 1959– 4
Langlands, & Bell, since 1978 4
Langlands, Ben, born 1955 4
Paul, Mitchell Limited 3
Pullan, Tessa, 1953– 2
Remy, Emile Joseph, ca. 1868–1949 2
Smith, Richard, 1931–2016 2
Boullanger,, 19th century 1
Bourdier,, 19th century 1
Carrig-Rohane, firm 1
Chadwick, Helen, 1953–1996 1
Cragg, Tony, Sir, born 1949 1
Crawhall, Joseph, 1861–1913 1
Dino, framemaker 1
Jones, Adrian, 1845–1938 1
Joubert,, 19th century 1
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982 1
Tilson, Joe, 1928–2023 1
Wheatley, Ernest 1

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On-site Access

Not on view 10
Accessible in the Study Room 4

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 639
Free to Use 16

Image Available

available 633
unavailable 22

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Classification

Frames 641
Sculptures 6
Models 2
Paintings 2
Prints 2
Drawings & Watercolors 1
Photographs 1

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Period

20th century 655

Materials & Techniques

wood 655

patinating 525
gold leaf 524
water gilding 415
compo 341
Dutch metal leaf 71
canvas 66
painting (coating) 46
gilding 41
oil gilding 38
parcel gilding 28
ebonizing 19
original gilding 12
staining 12
burnishing (polishing) 11
paint 11
polishing 8
Dutch leaf 7
bronze paint 6
gesso 5
glazing (coating) 5
oak 4
varnishing 4
later gilding 3
linen 3
sanding (coating) 3
silver leaf 3
stippling 3
white gold 3
bronze 2

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frame 641
sculpture 6
statuette 3
bench 2
painting 2
planographic print 2
drawing 1
photograph 1
watercolor 1

Genre

abstract art 8
sporting art 3
animal art 2
architectural subject 2
still life 1

Subject Terms

frame alteration: no alteration 502
frame status: Reproduction of non-period frame 303
frame cross-section: Concave 227
frame style: Neoclassical style 135
frame status: Custom-made for painting 84
frame style: 'Carlo Maratta' style 79
frame status: Reproduction of contemporary frame 74
frame alteration: probably not 73
frame status: Reproduction of period style frame 61
frame cross-section: Concave with ogee 49
frame feature: One of a pair 47
frame style: Neoclassical 47
frame feature: One of a group 46
frame cross-section: Architrave 42
frame feature: Mass-produced moulding frame 40
frame ornament: Lotus leaf sight edge 40
frame alteration: yes 31
frame style: Rococo style 31
frame style: Louis XV style 30
frame style: Louis XVI style 28
frame cross-section: Ogee 25
frame ornament: Beading at sight edge 24
frame style: Baroque style moulding frame 24
frame cross-section: Concave with frieze 23
frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze 23
frame feature: Identical in pattern 23
frame feature: One of a set of four 23
frame status: Out of period 21
frame alteration: possibly 20
frame ornament: Beading; lotus leaf sight edge 20

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Exhibition History

Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 2
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 1
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 1

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Yale Center for British Art 641
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields 2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Louise P. Stanton 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gerald W. and Jean W. Bush 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

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Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

April 1950 (goblets)

1950
Joe Tilson, 1928–2023

Zikkurat 4, Spectrum

1967
unknown framemaker

18th-century English Salvator Rosa frame

18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913

The Spangled Cock

1903
Tessa Pullan, born 1953

Glint of Gold

1983
Langlands & Bell, since 1978

"Capture"

1999
Langlands & Bell, since 1978

"Opening"

1999
Langlands & Bell, since 1978

"Capture"

1999
Langlands & Bell, since 1978

"Opening"

1999
Sir Tony Cragg, born 1949

Grey Container

1983
Tessa Pullan, born 1953

A Horse Lying Down

1992
Adrian Jones, 1845–1938

The Tetrarch

ca. 1913
unknown framemaker

British, North Italian Rococo style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Louis XV style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British 'Carlo Maratta' style frame

20th century

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