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"Grandparent's Favorite" Antique Interior Scene Painting by Emmanuel Costa
"Grandparent's Favorite" Antique Interior Scene Painting by Emmanuel Costa

"Grandparent's Favorite" Antique Interior Scene Painting by Emmanuel Costa

By Emmanuel Costa 1

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Italy. Titled on a brass plaque in the center of the intricate gilded pierced gesso frame “Grandparent’s

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Aesthetic Movement Frame
Aesthetic Movement Frame

Aesthetic Movement Frame

Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA

Aesthetic movement frame. Oak with gilt gesso. Modern mirror insert.

Category

19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Gesso

A French Louis XVI Style Carved Wood and Gesso Mirror.
A French Louis XVI Style Carved Wood and Gesso Mirror.

A French Louis XVI Style Carved Wood and Gesso Mirror.

Located in New York, NY

A French Louis XVI style carved wood and gesso mirror with gilt wood frame. The beveled center

Category

19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Mirror

A Late French Empire Period Giltwood and Gilt Gesso Mirror
A Late French Empire Period Giltwood and Gilt Gesso Mirror

A Late French Empire Period Giltwood and Gilt Gesso Mirror

Located in Atlanta, GA

having a convex frame with applied gesso ornamentation consisting of wreaths, medallions

Category

19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Large  Gilt Frame
Large  Gilt Frame

Large Gilt Frame

Sold|$9,500

Large Gilt Frame

By W.K O'Brien

Located in Rochester, NY

An exceptional antique American impressionist frame by preeminent gilders W.K O'Brien and Bros

Category

Late 19th Century American Other Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

French Gilded Frame Mirror
French Gilded Frame Mirror

French Gilded Frame Mirror

Located in Woodbury, CT

This Louis Philippe mirror has an embossed garland traversing the entire frame. The gilding is

Category

19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Gold Gilt Gesso Federal Style Eagle Wall Mirror with Cornucopia
19th Century Gold Gilt Gesso Federal Style Eagle Wall Mirror with Cornucopia

19th Century Gold Gilt Gesso Federal Style Eagle Wall Mirror with Cornucopia

Located in Philadelphia, PA

gesso eagle crest and cornucopia frame, oval central mirror, very nice antique item, great style and

Category

19th Century American Federal Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Wood

George III Portrait Frame for George Romney
George III Portrait Frame for George Romney

George III Portrait Frame for George Romney

Located in Tetbury, England

Dedication, date and family attribution plate to the bottom of frame. The gilt gesso decorated

Category

1810s Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Arched Victorian Framed Mirror
Arched Victorian Framed Mirror

Arched Victorian Framed Mirror

Located in Malibu, CA

Victorian arched wall mirror/ new glass & backing. Antiqued original finish. Flower cluster atop the arch. Circa 1880.

Category

Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Hardwood

Carved Gilded Antique Mirror Frame
Carved Gilded Antique Mirror Frame

Carved Gilded Antique Mirror Frame

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This American antique mirror frame features a beautiful wooden frame, with ornate designs in the

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Gesso

19 Century Italianate Painting in Gilt Wood Frame
19 Century Italianate Painting in Gilt Wood Frame

19 Century Italianate Painting in Gilt Wood Frame

Located in Hudson, NY

Landscape with figures in a ruined landscape in a period gilt wood frame. Old Sotheby's

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Gesso, Paint

18th C Italian Gilt Frame Mirror
18th C Italian Gilt Frame Mirror

18th C Italian Gilt Frame Mirror

Located in London, GB

This ornate and very attractive late 18th c. carved wood and gesso gilt frame Italian wall mirror

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirror
Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirror

Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirror

Located in Chicago, IL

gesso and pressed tin decoration evocative of Egyptian ornament.

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror

Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirror
Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirror

Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirror

Located in Chicago, IL

gesso and pressed tin decoration evocative of Egyptian ornament.

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror

Antique Venetian Cheval Mirror With Carved Giltwood Frame
Antique Venetian Cheval Mirror With Carved Giltwood Frame

Antique Venetian Cheval Mirror With Carved Giltwood Frame

Located in London, GB

Antique Venetian Cheval Mirror with Carved Giltwood Frame. A beautiful antique cheval (or dressing

Category

Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Brass

18th C. Italian Painted and Silverleaf Frame
18th C. Italian Painted and Silverleaf Frame

18th C. Italian Painted and Silverleaf Frame

Located in Los Angeles, CA

heavy gesso with layers of silver watergilt. Gothic yet gentle this inspired mirror will enhance any

Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

Pair Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirrors
Pair Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirrors

Pair Large 1920s Egyptian Decoration Gilt Frame Mirrors

Located in Chicago, IL

Pair of large gesso and wood framed wall mirrors with Egyptian motif. No doubt inspired by Howard

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Iron

Aesthetic Movement Gold Framed Mirror/ Raised Hibiscus Pattern
Aesthetic Movement Gold Framed Mirror/ Raised Hibiscus Pattern

Aesthetic Movement Gold Framed Mirror/ Raised Hibiscus Pattern

Located in Malibu, CA

Aesthetic movement antique frame with a stylized floral repeat pattern throughout. Near perfect

Category

1880s Aesthetic Movement Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Set of Six Antique English Custom Framed Prints, Exotic Birds
Set of Six Antique English Custom Framed Prints, Exotic Birds

Set of Six Antique English Custom Framed Prints, Exotic Birds

By W.T. Greene

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

coloring. Last quarter 19th century and done with newer custom handmade frames from France featuring gesso

Category

1880s English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair 19th Century Frames with Old Mirror Plate
Pair 19th Century Frames with Old Mirror Plate

Pair 19th Century Frames with Old Mirror Plate

Located in Hudson, NY

These boldly scaled ebonized frames with large scale water gilt liners have had antique mirror

Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Glass

Pair of Oceania and Pacific Island Engravings in Gilt Frames Captain Cook
Pair of Oceania and Pacific Island Engravings in Gilt Frames Captain Cook

Pair of Oceania and Pacific Island Engravings in Gilt Frames Captain Cook

Located in Lowestoft, GB

related foxing to the engravings, housed in a matching pair of gesso and water gilt frames. Some

Category

Early 18th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Glass, Gesso, Softwood, Giltwood

Pair of Oceania and Pacific Island Engravings in Gilt Frames Captain Cook
Pair of Oceania and Pacific Island Engravings in Gilt Frames Captain Cook

Pair of Oceania and Pacific Island Engravings in Gilt Frames Captain Cook

Located in Lowestoft, GB

related foxing to the engravings, housed in a matching pair of gesso and water gilt frames. Some

Category

Early 18th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Glass, Softwood, Giltwood

Deep Round Frame French Empire Gilt and Black Wall Mirror
Deep Round Frame French Empire Gilt and Black Wall Mirror

Deep Round Frame French Empire Gilt and Black Wall Mirror

Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight

Delightful small deep round frame French empire gilt and black wall mirror This is a very

Category

1890s Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

Spectacular Original Antique French Gilt Framed Sugar Mirror
Spectacular Original Antique French Gilt Framed Sugar Mirror

Spectacular Original Antique French Gilt Framed Sugar Mirror

Located in BENSENVILLE, IL

Fantastic original antique French mirror in its remarkable original gilt frame. Use this fine

Category

19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique C18th Oil Painting Of  Archangel Michael In Gilt Frame
Antique C18th Oil Painting Of  Archangel Michael In Gilt Frame

Antique C18th Oil Painting Of Archangel Michael In Gilt Frame

Located in London, GB

Circa late 18th to early 19th century Oil on canvas / Framed This charming antique oil painting

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Pine, Paint

Spanish Bilbao Mirror with Gilt Wood and Marble Frame
Spanish Bilbao Mirror with Gilt Wood and Marble Frame

Spanish Bilbao Mirror with Gilt Wood and Marble Frame

Located in New York, NY

and gilt wood and gesso flowers, urn motifs, and granulated texture on frame. Circa 1820. Measures

Category

1820s Spanish Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Marble

18th-19th Century Trio of Oceania and Pacific Islands Engravings Ebonized Frames
18th-19th Century Trio of Oceania and Pacific Islands Engravings Ebonized Frames

18th-19th Century Trio of Oceania and Pacific Islands Engravings Ebonized Frames

Located in Lowestoft, GB

dated 1794, housed in ebonized and gilt trim frames 22/15cm and the "Mandingo Negroes" dated 1802

Category

Early 18th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Glass, Softwood

Pair of American Gold Gilt Frames, circa, 1840s
Pair of American Gold Gilt Frames, circa, 1840s

Pair of American Gold Gilt Frames, circa, 1840s

Located in Rochester, NY

Pair of American gold gilt frames. In very good condition. With wear to gilding that is appropriate

Category

19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fine Venetian Two Fold Painted Screen /Painting in a Kent Style Frame
Fine Venetian Two Fold Painted Screen /Painting in a Kent Style Frame

Fine Venetian Two Fold Painted Screen /Painting in a Kent Style Frame

Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

later William Kent design gesso decorated Kit Kat frame. The picture as it is now is of a large-scale

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Paint

19th Century Italian Mirror with Deeply Carved Gilded Frame
19th Century Italian Mirror with Deeply Carved Gilded Frame

19th Century Italian Mirror with Deeply Carved Gilded Frame

Located in Troy, MI

Italian giltwood frame with deeply carved and gessoed details. New rectangular mirror, circa 1850s

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

California Forest Fire, William M. Lemos, Oil on Canvas, Pie Crust Frame 1910
California Forest Fire, William M. Lemos, Oil on Canvas, Pie Crust Frame 1910

California Forest Fire, William M. Lemos, Oil on Canvas, Pie Crust Frame 1910

By William Lemos

Located in San Francisco, CA

crust frame. CREATOR William M. Lemos, American/California, 1861-1942. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Paint, Gesso

Hand Formed Batwing Gessoed Wood Frame with Beveled Mirror
Hand Formed Batwing Gessoed Wood Frame with Beveled Mirror

Hand Formed Batwing Gessoed Wood Frame with Beveled Mirror

Located in Malibu, CA

Hand formed original organic form framed mirror in arts & crafts style frame; a hand formed

Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Hardwood

Four Cyprian Antiquities 700BC and Framed Export Licences 1937 Grand Tour
Four Cyprian Antiquities 700BC and Framed Export Licences 1937 Grand Tour

Four Cyprian Antiquities 700BC and Framed Export Licences 1937 Grand Tour

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A wonderful collection of four framed Cyprian antiquities with hanging hooks and chains. Each

Category

Early 19th Century European Aesthetic Movement Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Clay, Gesso, Glass, Softwood

Petite All Original 18th C. Antq French Gilt Framed Sugar Mirror
Petite All Original 18th C. Antq French Gilt Framed Sugar Mirror

Petite All Original 18th C. Antq French Gilt Framed Sugar Mirror

Located in BENSENVILLE, IL

Amazing original 18th century French gilded frame and sugared mirror that has never been restored

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Oval Gilt and Painted Wall Mirror  This Mirror has a moulded oval frame
Oval Gilt and Painted Wall Mirror  This Mirror has a moulded oval frame

Oval Gilt and Painted Wall Mirror This Mirror has a moulded oval frame

Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight

Oval Gilt and Painted Wall Mirror This Mirror has a moulded oval frame in gold and green/blue, the

Category

Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

18th Century Carved Mirror Frame
18th Century Carved Mirror Frame

18th Century Carved Mirror Frame

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Bevelled mirror, of grand scale, in a elaborate pierced frame of gesso over carved giltwood with

Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Early 20th Century Arts & Crafts Beveled Mirror w Sculpted Framed
Early 20th Century Arts & Crafts Beveled Mirror w Sculpted Framed

Early 20th Century Arts & Crafts Beveled Mirror w Sculpted Framed

Located in Malibu, CA

Wired to hand both ways this asymmetrical original European Arts & Crafts mirror. Made in the early 1900s.

Category

Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Hardwood

Louis XVI Style Carved and Gilt Frame Mirror, European, Mid-19th Century
Louis XVI Style Carved and Gilt Frame Mirror, European, Mid-19th Century

Louis XVI Style Carved and Gilt Frame Mirror, European, Mid-19th Century

Located in San Francisco, CA

Louis XVI style carved, gessoed and gilt mirror. Continental, mid-19th century.

Category

Mid-19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

19th c. French Double Framed Giltwood Mirror
19th c. French Double Framed Giltwood Mirror

19th c. French Double Framed Giltwood Mirror

Located in Los Angeles, CA

19th c. French Double Framed Giltwood and Gesso Mirror with Crest

Category

19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Distressed 19th century antique gilt frame mirror
Distressed 19th century antique gilt frame mirror

Distressed 19th century antique gilt frame mirror

Located in Castle Douglas, GB

Distressed 19th century gilt frame mirror The gilt and gesso moulded frame is heavily distressed

Category

19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

c.1890 American Picture Frame with Mirror
c.1890 American Picture Frame with Mirror

c.1890 American Picture Frame with Mirror

Located in BENSENVILLE, IL

Gorgeous antique American wood and gesso picture frame with a new beveled mirror. Stunning design

Category

19th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas "Wintry Landscape with Windmill"
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas "Wintry Landscape with Windmill"

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas "Wintry Landscape with Windmill"

Located in Dallas, TX

original, beautifully detailed gesso and wood frame, circa 1850s. Measures: 29.5 x 33.5 with frame.

Category

1850s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Wood

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Antique Gesso Frames For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique gesso frames available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of gesso, wood and glass, all antique gesso frames available were constructed with great care. Antique gesso frames have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique gesso frames are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Rococo and Louis XV styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique gesso frames over the years, but those made by John James Audubon, Edgar Degas and James Edwin Meadows are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Gesso Frames?

Prices for antique gesso frames start at $170 and top out at $30,965 with the average selling for $1,899.
Questions About Antique Gesso Frames
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    Gesso is the Italian word for “chalk.” It has been used for the preparation of gilding frames. You can find a variety of gesso picture frames on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    Antique picture frames can be very valuable, particularly if they are older and have maintained their high quality. Some designs are considered classically attractive and are more valuable even if they are not as old.
    1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021
    Yes, antique picture frames are considered valuable. They are regarded as high-value collectibles and can often be seen in exhibits without canvases, as art pieces on their own. Made of wood traditionally, antique picture frames remain very popular owing to their ability to be shaped in varied profiles. You can choose from a wide variety of antique picture frames, including designs in antique and vintage, new and contemporary, and 21st century pre-owned styles on 1stDibs.