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Title: Cassetta frame
Date: early 20th century
Culture: American, New York (?)
Medium: Basswood back frame with rosewood upper moldings and ivory, tortoiseshell, oak and maple veneers. Carved. Sight edge: simplified lotus leaf, ebonized. Frieze: ivory stringing, maple and oak veneer. Centers: oval bosses with ivory and tortoiseshell veneer. Corners: curled acanthus leaves and paterae engraved on ivory.
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (36.2 × 30.2 cm)
Sight: 10 × 7 5/8 in. (25.4 × 19.3 cm)
Rabbet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.6 × 21.5 cm)
Classification: Frames
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number: 1975.1.2545
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