A Louis XIII carved giltwood frame in fine condition; made of fruitwood

convex profile; with flowered back edge; undulating sprays of leaves and berries, leaf buds, and sprigs of flowers on a hatched ground, with acanthus leaf corners; cavetto; ribbon-&-stave at sight edge

A 17th century British Auricular carved giltwood frame

shallow profile; with scrolling cartilage-like and marine decoration; segmental forms; spiral shells at the base; grotesque mascaron top centre

A fine, large late 17th-century British Baroque carved giltwood frame

convex profile; with flowered back edge; undulating acanthus, leaf buds and floretted sprigs on the top edge and acanthus leaf corners; cavetto; acanthus tip at the sight edge

A late 17th-early 18th century British or Netherlandish carved and silvered frame

cushion profile; with inset carved scrolling foliate and acanthus leaf corners; scrolling foliate and bellflower centres; foliate paterae demi-centres; between fluted columnar reposes; silvered and probably finished with a gold-coloured lacquer

A fine provincial French (or Italian?) Louis XIV-style carved giltwood frame, c. 1700; made from poplar

convex profile; imbricated leaf at the back edge; delicate foliate C-scrolled decoration with leaf buds and floral sprigs on a cross-hatched ground; scrolling foliate projecting corners with leaves on a diapered ground; sanded frieze; panels of foliate ornament on the ogee at the sight edge

A late 17th-century French Louis XIV carved giltwood frame (altered)

with egg-and-spool at outer edge; the corners of the ogee moulding with anthemia flanked by foliate c-scrolls and flower-heads running to paired c-scroll foliate reposes and centres with anthemia and scrolling foliage on a cross-hatched ground; the reposes on a punched ground; foliate ovolo at sight edge on a hatched ground; altered in size

A French Régence-Louis XV carved giltwood straight-sided frame

concave profile with cabochon chain at the back edge; gadrooned top edge; projecting scrolling foliate leaf bud corners and shell centres, both with a punchwork ground, trailing rinceaux in the hollow; sanded frieze; acanthus leaf and bud on a hatched ground at the sight edge

A mid-18th century Venetian Rococo carved giltwood frame

ogee profile; with scrolling foliate lambrequin corners and undulating strapwork and bud decoration on a cross-hatched ground, in the French style; cavetto; gadrooned sight edge with hazzling

A mid-18th century French Rococo carved giltwood frame

concave profile with cabochon chain at the back edge; S-scrolling rails; rocaille and cabochon corners; scrolling rocaille centres; trailing rinceaux in the hollow; sanded frieze; acanthus tip and leaf bud sight edge

A Rococo carved giltwood frame

concave profile; with cabochon chain at back edge; S-scrolling rails; rocaille and cabochon corners and rocaille centres; with Bérainesque motifs in the hollow; sanded frieze; acanthus and bud decoration on a hatched ground at the sight edge

A British Baroque Louis XIV-style carved giltwood frame

ogee profile with scrolling foliage and florets on the ogee, with pierced foliate and shell cartouches with rosettes in the corners and centres; sanded frieze; acanthus tip and shell sight edge

An 18th century British Palladian ('Kent') carved giltwood frame

architrave profile with outset corners; with cross-cut acanthus beneath the top edge; astragal-&-double bead; frieze, with applied carved roses in the corners; ribbon-&-stave at the sight edge

A fine mid-18th century British Rococo carved giltwood frame

concave profile; with S-scrolling rails; pierced foliate corners with sunflowers; pierced C-scroll and rocaille centres; with delicate openwork rocaille hollow; cavetto; centred gadrooning at the sight edge; original gilding under bronze paint

A British Rococo style frame, circa 1900

concave profile with S-scrolling rails; pierced scrolling foliate corners and rocaille centres, with rocaille hollow on a sanded ground; acanthus tip sight edge

A fine 18th-century British 'Carlo Maratta' carved giltwood frame; 'full Carlo' with five orders of ornament

complex moulding profile; with enriched leaf on the ogee at the back edge; gadrooning with stopped channel flute at the top edge; ribbon-&-stave; applied acanthus-&-shield in the scotia; centred chain of husks at the sight edge

A 19th-century British Louis XV-style carved giltwood frame

ogee profile with flowered back edge; undulating foliate and flower top edge, with shell and rocaille corners and scalloped contour; sanded frieze; acanthus tip sight edge

A French Louis XVI Neo-Classical carved giltwood frame

entablature profile with egg-&-dart beneath the top edge; beading; plain, slightly concave frieze; rais-de-coeur at sight edge

A rare pair of fine mid-18th century French Rococo carved and gilded walnut frames; possibly provincial; of unusual pattern; landscape format

with rectinlinear contour at back edge; peaked and scalloped top rail; asymmetric foliate and rocaille corners trailing small floral festoons; alternating astragal and cavetto stepped to sight edge

A French Transitional style carved giltwood and plaster frame in landscape format

concave back edge; S-scrolling back edge and top rail, the latter hung with floral festoons; C-scrolled cartouches at the corners holding classicizing foliate bosses and floral garlands inside a rocaille rim, with leaf projections; strapwork and leaf bud centres clasping the festoons, the top and bottom centres with integral banners inscribed with the name of 'J. Van der Capelle', date and title of the painting for which the frame was made; spiral ribbon; cavetto; rais-de-coeur at sight edge

An early 19th century French Empire gilded plaster frame

concave profile with stepped hollows; with alternating tied palmettes and acanthus leaf buds linked with C-scrolls; cavetto; baluster bead-&-double reel; frieze; acanthus and bud sight edge

A late 19th century 'Degas'-style reeded frame

segmental cushion profile; with multiple fine reeds; stained finish with parcel-gilding at the sight edge