1985.R.64.b, Picture Frame, France, c. 1750

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This Rococo frame is among the finest in the United States. Although it employs the standard corner and center format, the quality of its carving is so high that it must have been commissioned by a major patron for a great work of art to be housed in an important room. Its combination of shells, scrolls, flowers, leaves, and branches swirl rhythmically around its center. Since most French furniture of this period was based on curvilinear principles of design, the challenge for a frame maker was to transform a simple rectangular opening into a symphony of curves that undulate in space so as to engage in a subtle conversation with the arms of chairs, the ormolu mounts on commodes, or the legs of tables. The maker's success in the conception and execution of this frame is total; one can easily imagine it surrounding a portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier or Jean-HonorĂ© Fragonard.


Excerpt from
Dallas Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Highlights from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1995), 62.

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TMS Updates: 
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- Image of this frame not found/entered in TMS, Piction or Brain under the accession number 1985.R.64.b. If you do a search in Brian, Piction and/or TMS for this object under 1985.R.64, a Rodin sculpture pops up. 

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PROVENANCE 
Until 1985: Emery Reves (1904-1983) and Wendy Reves (1916-2007) (owned jointly), La Pausa, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France [1]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, gift of Wendy Reves (1916-2007) [1]

[1] According to: Olivier Meslay and Martha MacLeod, From Chanel to Reves (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2015), 4-5.

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General Description
This Rococo frame is among the finest in the United States. Although it employs the standard corner and center format, the quality of its carving is so high that it must have been commissioned by a major patron for a great work of art to be housed in an important room. Its combination of shells, scrolls, flowers, leaves, and branches swirl rhythmically around its center. Since most French furniture of this period was based on curvilinear principles of design, the challenge for a frame maker was to transform a simple rectangular opening into a symphony of curves that undulate in space so as to engage in a subtle conversation with the arms of chairs, the ormolu mounts on commodes, or the legs of tables. The maker's success in the conception and execution of this frame is total; one can easily imagine it surrounding a portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier or Jean-HonorĂ© Fragonard.


Excerpt from
Dallas Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Highlights from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1995), 62.

Fun Facts

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Notes
TMS Updates: 
- Display and search dates
- Text entry
- Provenance
- Geography Xrefs - Place of Origin
- Published references

- Image of this frame not found/entered in TMS, Piction or Brain under the accession number 1985.R.64.b. If you do a search in Brian, Piction and/or TMS for this object under 1985.R.64, a Rodin sculpture pops up. 

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1985: Emery Reves (1904-1983) and Wendy Reves (1916-2007) (owned jointly), La Pausa, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France [1]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, gift of Wendy Reves (1916-2007) [1]

[1] According to: Olivier Meslay and Martha MacLeod, From Chanel to Reves (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2015), 4-5.

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