American 19th century frame, applied ornament & gilded. A154 54 1/2” x 79” x 8”
THOMAS COLE
The British-born American artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848) was one of the most prominent of the Hudson River School painters. The frames that the artist favored for his landscape paintings are characterized by detailed ornamentation in the shapes of scrolls, leaves, and shells. The profiles often had a shallow curve and a cross-hatching pattern etched into the surface of the frame beneath the applied composition ornament.