Late 19th C/Early 20th C French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Oval Portrait Frame - Marked "FRANCE" Vintage

Late 19th C/Early 20th C French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Oval Portrait Frame - Marked "FRANCE" VintageAdditional Description: A beautifully cast French Louis XVI style oval portrait frame featuring a full laurel wreath border with ribbon bow accents. The sculptural detailing includes dimensional leaf clusters, floral motifs, and a pierced crest loop at the top. The lower border is adorned with an elegant ribbon flourish, giving the piece balance and classical symmetry. The reverse is stamped: "FRANCE". Complete with original hinged easel support and

curling hair

Classical/Neoclassical urn form

The mount displays crisp casting in key areas such as the wings

This is a 19th Century Old Master Revival piece

architectural backdrops often resembls Parisian buildings linking image to real events of 1590-1594

Having circular top with pierced gilt metal gallery

From scale in-hand

Decorative gimp trim

Painting style is rather primitive or "naive" espeically in the facial modeling and brushwork which likely indicates either itinerant or folk portraitist (Common in early American and provincial British portraiture) or amateur hand (possibly painted within the family or locally commissioned)

Binding: Contemporary dark brown full leather with exgtensive gilt Gothic panel tooling

Expressive

Furniture makers frequently incorporated animal paw feet