• This applied ornament frame has a plain liner with overlapping semi-circles below two separated ribs with a broken quatrefoil design between. The corners and centers have circular bosses entwined with leaf and floral motifs. Original gilding
  • This frame has a flat sight edge and a narrow lamb's tongue band. The flat frieze slopes upward to cove and the top curling leaf and stick motif. The sides are coves with a short lower flat. Original gilding. GML, burnished silver leaf Sight size: 12 3/4 x 20 1/2
    Rabbet size: 13 11/16 x 21 7/16
    Moulding width: 4 3/4
  • This applied ornament frame has a narrow flat liner with alternating rows of ornament separated by plain bands leading up to an ogee profile with anthemions with leaf sprigs between. The top edge has a leaf and berry motif with straps at the corners and a wide cove at the sides with an egg and dart back edge. Original gilding. Sight size: 26 5/8 x 31 5/8 Rabbet size: 27 1/4 x 32 1/4 Moulding width: 5 1/4
  • This gold leaf and gold metal leaf frame has a leaf design at the sight edge with a flat frieze rising up to an ogee profile with leaves and flowers on a cross hatched background. The extended corners and centers have leaves and tendrils on a patterned background. Cove sides with leaves, flowers and C-scrolls on the back edge. Original gilding. Sight size: 29 5/8 x 34 5/8 Rabbet size: 30 1/4 x 35 1/4 Moulding width: 4
  • This applied ornament frame has a lambs tongue sight edge below a protruding, rounded top filled with fruit and flowers between bold ribbons. A deep cove at the sides and a narrow strap work outer edge. Original gilding. Sight size: 26 15/16 x 38 7/8 Rabbet size: 25 3/4 x 38 1/4 Moulding width: 4
  • This applied ornament frame has a beveled liner with gadrooning, small beads and a narrow cove leading up to a curling ribbon and stick motif. The main frame has swept sides with floral and curling leaf motifs over a finely reeded background. The corners and top crest have flowers and leaves between the the ends of curling tendrils. Original gilding. Original gilding, worn gold leaf, ornament losses Sight size: 19 7/16 x 24 1/2 Rabbet size: 20 1/8 x 25 3/16 Moulding width: Varies
  • This raw oak frame is finely carved with a leaf detail at the sight edge. Corner and center cartouches have shells and curving leaves and tendrils surrounding them. Below the swept top edge are hollowed reposes with floral sprigs and the outer back edge has a banded oval design. One small area of loss in corner Sight size: 20 7/8 x 25 1/4 Rabbet size: 21 5/8 x 26 Moulding width: 5
  • This frame has a flat liner and frieze between raised bands. The prominent rounded top has carved leaves at the corners and centers with large reeds between. Cove side with a plain back edge. Original gold metal leaf finish with a green umber glaze. Original gilding, greenish-grey glaze Sight size: 25 x 29 Rabbet size: 26 1/8 x 30 1/8 Moulding width: 4 1/2
  • This frame has a flat liner and small beads below a flat band. The fluted cove has flower shapes in the miters above which is a continuous egg and dart motif with a flat top edge. Cove sides with a small ball and bead design at the back edge. Original gilding. Original gold leaf, top edge gesso and ornament loss Sight size: 20 11/16 x 28 3/4 Rabbet size: 21 5/16 x 29 3/8 Moulding width: 4 3/4
  • This frame has stylized acanthus leaves with large center ribs perpendicular to the cove. Large curling acanthus leaves at the corners with a plain rounded top edge. Cove sides with a row of large beads and gadroons at the back edge. Original gilding, missing liner. Late 19th C. American gold leaf and applied ornament frame. Sight size: 23 9/16 x 29 11/16 Rabbet size: 23 9/16 x 29 11/16 Moulding width: 4 1/2
  • This frame has a foliate sight edge with a flat sanded frieze. The ogee profile has scalloped bands with scrolling ends surrounding floral and leaf sprays. Large leaves at the corners with cove sides and an overlapping scallop motif at the back edge. Original gilding. Frame has been re-sized. Original? gilding, sized, missing portion of sight edge Sight size: 24 1/16 x 34 1/16 Rabbet size: 25 1/2 x 35 3/8 Moulding width: 4
  • This frame has a flat liner with a narrow ornamented band and a flat step. Delicate flutes and acanthus leaves in the cove. Large reeded top edge with wide side coves and a narrow leaf motif at the back edge. Original gilding. Original gold leaf, gesso losses top edge Sight size: 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 Rabbet size: 21 1/8 x 25 Moulding width: 5 1/4
June 2023
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
Go to Top