Historicist frame with leaf bars. 2nd half of the 20th century. Wood, white primed, red underlay, gold leaf metal overlay and the top painted grey. Sighting board is decorated by a leaf-bar mass, on top of it a sloping narrow gouge. This is followed by a grey-framed plate and an adjoining narrow leaf and torsion bar. On the outside a narrow, sloping fillet. Thecolouring of the plate as well as the heights of the metal leaf support artificially rubbed through in places. Corners with minor lesions. Dimensions: Ra. 84,5 x 79 cm, fold 72,5 x 67 cm, profile 7 x 2,8 cm.

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