AN ENGLISH LATE 19TH CENTURY GILDED OAK AND COMPOSITION WATTS FRAME
with plain sight, centred husked bellflower, plain frieze, triple bead and bar below a foliate top knull
rebate 69 x 88.5 cm
sight edge 67 x 86.5 cm
section depth 16.5 cm
overall 100.5 x 120 cm

label (verso) for Christian Lamm, 36 Earls Court Road, Kensington (1878-1908), Fine art carvers, gilders, picture and looking glass framemakers.

One of Christian Lamm's notable clients was George Frederick Watts (1817-1904) himself. Late in life, G.F. Watts used the framemaker by the name of Lamm who is mentioned in his correspondence in 1899 and 1903 (Jacob Simon/NPG 1996 p.173, n.2).