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George III Oval Mirror with a Carved Giltwood Floral Frame
George III Oval Mirror with a Carved Giltwood Floral Frame

George III Oval Mirror with a Carved Giltwood Floral Frame

By John Linnell

Located in Babworth, Retford

The oval frame with floral carving and scrolling leaves enclosing the original mercury glass plate

Category

1760s English George III Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Gesso, Giltwood

Mirror With Antique Carved Wood Frame

Mirror With Antique Carved Wood Frame

Located in Santa Rosa, CA

Wonderful old carved wood frame with visible gesso and gilt in some areas and a new mirror plate

Category

19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Wood

17th Century Carved Italian Baroque Frame, with Choice of Mirror
17th Century Carved Italian Baroque Frame, with Choice of Mirror

17th Century Carved Italian Baroque Frame, with Choice of Mirror

Located in London, GB

stylized foliage on a hazzled ground incised in gesso at the corners. The frame retains its original water

Category

Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mid-18th Century Carved British Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror
Mid-18th Century Carved British Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror

Mid-18th Century Carved British Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror

Located in London, GB

; all re-cut in the gesso. The frames original oil and water gilding finish is intact. Further

Category

Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century French Provençal Louis XV Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror
18th Century French Provençal Louis XV Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror

18th Century French Provençal Louis XV Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror

Located in London, GB

-cut in the gesso. The frame retains its well preserved original matte and burnished water gilding

Category

18th Century French Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Hand-Carved Oval Mirror
19th Century Hand-Carved Oval Mirror

19th Century Hand-Carved Oval Mirror

Located in Fulton, CA

19th century oval beveled mirror in hand carved wood frame. Original gesso finish. Diminutive size

Category

Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

"JUST" C.H. French Mantel Clock
"JUST" C.H. French Mantel Clock

"JUST" C.H. French Mantel Clock

By Hour Lavigne

Located in Bronx, NY

, one finds a vine of roses draping along the clock's gesso & wood frame. The gilt color is worn in

Category

1880s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Early 18th Century George I Giltwood & Pier Mirror, in the Manner of J Belchier
Early 18th Century George I Giltwood & Pier Mirror, in the Manner of J Belchier

Early 18th Century George I Giltwood & Pier Mirror, in the Manner of J Belchier

Located in Suffolk, GB

gilding and plate, in the manner of John Belchier. The carved wood and gesso mirror frame retains the

Category

1720s English George I Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Terriers and Rats
Terriers and Rats

Terriers and Rats

By George Armfield

Located in buntingford, hertfordshire

coloured fur, the other black. In a Victorian gilt gesso moulded frame, 29cm x 38.5cm unframed Signed, G

Category

Mid-19th Century English School Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figural Landscape Oil Painting by Béla Juszkó
Figural Landscape Oil Painting by Béla Juszkó

Figural Landscape Oil Painting by Béla Juszkó

Located in Gallatin, TN

with horses at a trough Also signed, titled and stamped on verso Housed in a gold gesso wood frame

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Very Wearable
Very Wearable

Very Wearable

By Charles Sheldon

Located in Minneapolis, MN

restoration and or cleaning and is finely matted and framed in a period silver gesso art deco frame. Scan of

Category

1910s American Realist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Ink, Board, Pen, Pencil

The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War

The Spoils of War

By Orson Lowell

Located in Minneapolis, MN

period ornate gold gesso antique frame and matted behind glass. Biography courtesy of ask art

Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Ink, Pen

The Vanities
The Vanities

The Vanities

By Maurice Milliere

Located in Minneapolis, MN

matted in an oval window in a fine antique ornate gesso gold frame behind glass. Sight Size 15" x 18 1

Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Fine Pair of 19th Century Girandole Circular Mirrors c. 1840
Fine Pair of 19th Century Girandole Circular Mirrors c. 1840

Fine Pair of 19th Century Girandole Circular Mirrors c. 1840

Located in Heathfield, GB

A very attractive and early pair of giltwood mirrors with pine carved frames with gesso and gilt

Category

19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Handcolored Venice Photos
Handcolored Venice Photos

Handcolored Venice Photos

Unavailable|$1,080

Handcolored Venice Photos

Located in New York, NY

Handcolored photos of Venice, three available, circa 1900, as framed in handmade combed gesso

Category

Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Handcolored Venice Photos
Handcolored Venice Photos

Handcolored Venice Photos

Unavailable|$1,080

Handcolored Venice Photos

Located in New York, NY

Handcovered photos of Venice, three available, circa 1900 as framed in a handmade combed gesso

Category

Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Handcolored Venice Photos
Handcolored Venice Photos

Handcolored Venice Photos

Unavailable|$1,080

Handcolored Venice Photos

Located in New York, NY

Handcolored photos of Venice, three available, circa 1900 as framed in a handmade combed gesso

Category

Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Pair of 19th Century Italian Landscapes
Pair of 19th Century Italian Landscapes

Pair of 19th Century Italian Landscapes

Located in Savannah, GA

Oil on board, charming landscapes in original gesso and gold leaf frames.

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint, Wood

Antique Continental Figural Interior-scape Oil Painting

Antique Continental Figural Interior-scape Oil Painting

Located in Gallatin, TN

men, with one speaking emphatically to other two Housed in an antique gold gilt gesso wood frame

Category

Early 19th Century Northern Renaissance Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Vintage Foliate Motif Mirror
Vintage Foliate Motif Mirror

Vintage Foliate Motif Mirror

Located in Abilene, TX

This mirror is 42 inches high and 36 inches wide. It is a Gesso over wooden frame in deep bas

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

19th c. Italian Figural Landscape Watercolor Painting Lombardy, Italy

19th c. Italian Figural Landscape Watercolor Painting Lombardy, Italy

Located in Gallatin, TN

the lake and alps in the background Housed in a gold gilded gesso wood frame Approx. Size: Image: 16

Category

18th Century Italian School Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Marie Marguerite Reol Impressionist Still Life
Marie Marguerite Reol Impressionist Still Life

Marie Marguerite Reol Impressionist Still Life

Located in Kensington, MD

Oil on canvas by French artist 1880-1963 with old white gesso wood frame. Canvas size 28.75"x 36.5

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Royal Vienna Hand Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate
Royal Vienna Hand Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate

Royal Vienna Hand Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate

By Royal Vienna Porcelain

Located in Pasadena, CA

foliate and landscape scenes to the rim. Framed in a gilt gesso wood frame, and that framed in a modernist

Category

Early 1900s European Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Porcelain

Two 19th Century French Mirrors
Two 19th Century French Mirrors

Two 19th Century French Mirrors

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Wood frame with with gesso and gilding,one with a shell motif at the top and the other with a

Category

19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Small Louis Philippe Mirror
Small Louis Philippe Mirror

Small Louis Philippe Mirror

Unavailable|$3,200

Small Louis Philippe Mirror

Located in Chamblee, GA

19th Century Louis Philippe Mirror with red gesso showing through on frame, original glass, and

Category

19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Wood

19th Century Portrait of George Washington Painting
19th Century Portrait of George Washington Painting

19th Century Portrait of George Washington Painting

Located in Mount Penn, PA

gilded gesso and wood frame. Comes with gilt metal painting light affixed to the frame. Measurements of

Category

1890s American American Colonial Antique Gesso Frames

Oil on Canvas of a Shipwreck After Vernet
Oil on Canvas of a Shipwreck After Vernet

Oil on Canvas of a Shipwreck After Vernet

Located in Vancouver, BC

rocks and sailors trying to assist the sinking vessel. In a period carved wood and gesso gilded frame

Category

Early 19th Century Romantic Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

18th Century English School, Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a child
18th Century English School, Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a child

18th Century English School, Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a child

By Joshua Reynolds

Located in Heathfield, GB

particularly delicately. The picture set within its original decoratively moulded gilt gesso pierced frame

Category

18th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

Oil Painting Titled "Loch Tyt N. B.":  Scotland, England, Thomas Hines, 19th C.
Oil Painting Titled "Loch Tyt N. B.":  Scotland, England, Thomas Hines, 19th C.

Oil Painting Titled "Loch Tyt N. B.": Scotland, England, Thomas Hines, 19th C.

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

rock. Oil on board with a period gesso gilt over wood frame inscribed "Loch Tyt N.B. Theodore Hines RBA

Category

Late 19th Century Scottish Edwardian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Oil on Canvas of a Country Landscape by Rhede
Oil on Canvas of a Country Landscape by Rhede

Oil on Canvas of a Country Landscape by Rhede

Located in Cookeville, TN

accurate artist attribution could not be made for the present work. The piece is presented in a gesso wood

Category

19th Century British Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Italian Gold Tesserae Glass Mosaic Panel Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon
Italian Gold Tesserae Glass Mosaic Panel Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

Italian Gold Tesserae Glass Mosaic Panel Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

Located in Pasadena, CA

point the panel was mounted within a wall, it remains fully intact with an iron or metal frame and gesso

Category

Mid-19th Century European Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Glass

Portrait of an Artist, Circle Of Thomas Gibson, Circa 1730
Portrait of an Artist, Circle Of Thomas Gibson, Circa 1730

Portrait of an Artist, Circle Of Thomas Gibson, Circa 1730

Located in London, GB

general good condition. Framed in a period gilt and gesso picture frame. Canvas size is: 29 3/4 x 24 3/4in

Category

18th Century and Earlier British George II Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Wood

Regency Giltwood Overmantel Mirror
Regency Giltwood Overmantel Mirror

Regency Giltwood Overmantel Mirror

Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

Regency giltwood overmantel mirror. An early 19th century Regency carved gilt wood and gesso

Category

1810s British Empire Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century Dutch Style Oil Painting on Steel, circa 1880
19th Century Dutch Style Oil Painting on Steel, circa 1880

19th Century Dutch Style Oil Painting on Steel, circa 1880

Located in GB

with the sun starting to rise in the background. This painting is displayed in a hand-carved gesso and

Category

Late 19th Century Dutch Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

English Naive School Portrait
English Naive School Portrait

English Naive School Portrait

Located in London, GB

gilt frame with gesso details, is a boldly executed example from the British Folk Art tradition. The

Category

19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Antique Victorian Gilt Wall Mirror or Overmantle, circa 1880
Antique Victorian Gilt Wall Mirror or Overmantle, circa 1880

Antique Victorian Gilt Wall Mirror or Overmantle, circa 1880

Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech

way and to be expected with antique furniture. Some minor losses and age related cracking to the gesso

Category

1880s Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Portrait Attributed to Mary E. Yorke

Portrait Attributed to Mary E. Yorke

Located in Litchfield, CT

century. Oil on canvas, original carved gilt and gesso shadow-box frame. Dimensions: 20 1/2" x 24

Category

Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Gesso Frames

18th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Noble Gentleman
18th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Noble Gentleman

18th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Noble Gentleman

Located in Gallatin, TN

, and varied thickness Housed in a gold gilt gesso wood frame Approx. Size 24” H x 18.5” W

Category

18th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th c. Continental Figural Oil Painting CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS
18th c. Continental Figural Oil Painting CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS

18th c. Continental Figural Oil Painting CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS

Located in Gallatin, TN

carry the cross Unique Original European Stretcher Bars Housed in a more contemporary gold gilt gesso

Category

Late 18th Century Renaissance Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of 19th Century Gilt Gesso Frames
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Gesso Frames

Pair of 19th Century Gilt Gesso Frames

Located in Tarrytown, NY

Pair of 19th century gilt gesso frames. 3 pieces of gesso are missing off the frame. I recently

Category

1870s Antique Gesso Frames

19th Century Gilded and Sculpted Gesso Frame
19th Century Gilded and Sculpted Gesso Frame

19th Century Gilded and Sculpted Gesso Frame

Located in San Francisco, CA

19th century gilded and sculpted gesso frame Beautiful gilded frame adored with floral scroll

Category

Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Victorian Giltwood and Gesso Framed Mirror
Victorian Giltwood and Gesso Framed Mirror

Victorian Giltwood and Gesso Framed Mirror

Located in Altrincham, GB

Victorian Giltwood and Gesso Framed Mirror with Acanthus Leaf and Anthemion Decoration 32"w x 43"h

Category

Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Museum Quality Gilt Gesso Frame with Embossed Designs
Museum Quality Gilt Gesso Frame with Embossed Designs

Museum Quality Gilt Gesso Frame with Embossed Designs

Located in Redding, CT

Museum quality gilt gesso frame with embossed designs. Great for a portrait or simply put a mirror

Category

Early 20th Century Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Pair of 19thC Gilt Gesso Frame Wall Mirrors
Pair of 19thC Gilt Gesso Frame Wall Mirrors

Pair of 19thC Gilt Gesso Frame Wall Mirrors

Located in Altrincham, GB

Pair of 19thC Gilt Gesso Frame Wall Mirrors each with ribbon tied torch and quiver, above an oval

Category

1870s English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Antique 19th Century Gilt Gesso Framed Wall Mirror
Antique 19th Century Gilt Gesso Framed Wall Mirror

Antique 19th Century Gilt Gesso Framed Wall Mirror

Located in Suffolk, GB

Antique 19th century antique gilt gesso framed wall mirror with lovely ornate scrolls and foliage

Category

19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Quality Antique Victorian Gilt Gesso Framed Wall Mirror
Quality Antique Victorian Gilt Gesso Framed Wall Mirror

Quality Antique Victorian Gilt Gesso Framed Wall Mirror

Located in Suffolk, GB

Quality antique gilt gesso framed wall mirror with lovely ornate scrolls and foliage decoration

Category

1860s English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

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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.