Framing Antique Maps

Plate marks visible. Framing tip: This set displays beautifully when framed as a four-panel grid or assembled into a single large wall map.

A dark walnut, black, or understated antique gilt frame complements the map’s exploratory and scientific character.

Plate mark present. Framing tips: A wide off-white or pale ivory mat will enhance the engraved detail and give the map visual balance.

This is an antique Stafford County Map. An English, framed atlas engraving of Staffordshire, dating to the 17th century and later, circa 1676.

The engraving remains crisp and the original hand coloring is well preserved. Framing tips: This map displays beautifully in a dark walnut or black frame with a generous ivory or cr...

A dark walnut, black, or understated antique gilt frame complements the map’s academic and exploratory character.

Please study images carefully. Framing tips: This small map is offered unframed, allowing the buyer complete freedom to select framing that suits their interior or collection style.

The horizontal format makes this map ideal for framing, offering strong decorative presence while retaining scholarly depth.

Plate impression visible. Framing tips: This map frames particularly well in a dark walnut or ebonized frame with a wide ivory or light cream mat.

The attached image of the map in a frame is an impression only. The county is rendered in soft original color, with Reading prominently highlighted, while neighboring counties are ...

No losses, no restorations, and no structural damage. Framing Tips This map frames beautifully in a wide dark walnut, black, or bronze frame with a soft ivory or light grey museum m...

These miniature maps are offered unframed, enabling custom framing to personal or interior preferences.

The engraving remains sharp and the original hand coloring is well preserved. Framing tips: This map benefits from a wide ivory or off-white mount to emphasize its refined engraving.

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

Technically the sheet is a lithograph with printed colour: the outline was printed in black and the colours were printed over it, so none of the colouring was added by hand. Once fra...

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of Michigan would suit a...

The map is offered unframed, enabling custom framing to personal or interior preferences.

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of Maine would suit a ho...

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of Philadelphia would su...

Engraved vignettes and a decorative border frame the map in the manner of the series. A sheet with a strong local following and an obvious buyer in anyone with a connection to the Cr...

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

Technically the sheet is a lithograph with printed colour: the outline was printed in black and the colours were printed over it, so none of the colouring was added by hand. Once fra...

Technically the sheet is a lithograph with printed colour: the outline was printed in black and the colours were printed over it, so none of the colouring was added by hand. Once fra...

Framing tips: This wide-format map is ideally suited for a long horizontal frame in walnut, natural oak, or matte black with a wide warm-cream or light-grey passe-partout.

No significant tears or losses. Framing tips: This map pairs beautifully with a medium walnut or dark oak frame and a soft off-white or pale grey mat.

Plate mark visible. Margins intact. Framing tips This map benefits from a wide off-white or light sand-colored mat to emphasize its scale and vertical flow.

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

Light marginal toning and faint age-related spotting consistent with atlas maps of this period. No tears or losses. Framing tips: This map benefits from an archival mat in ivory or...

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of West Virginia would s...

Technically the sheet is a lithograph with printed colour: the outline was printed in black and the colours were printed over it, so none of the colouring was added by hand. Once fra...

The sheet is a colour lithograph, the outline printed in black and every colour printed over it rather than applied by hand. Once framed, this antique map of South Carolina would sui...

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of Toledo would suit a h...

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of Connecticut and Rhode...

The sheet is a colour lithograph, the outline printed in black and every colour printed over it rather than applied by hand. Once framed, this antique map of Vermont would suit a hom...

No major tears or losses. Framing tips: This map frames beautifully with a medium to dark walnut or ebonised frame paired with an off-white or light ivory mat.

No major tears or losses. Framing tips: This vertical map benefits from a tall, elegant presentation.

Technically the sheet is a lithograph with printed colour: the outline was printed in black and the colours were printed over it, so none of the colouring was added by hand. Once fra...

No major tears or losses. Margins ample. Framing tips This map presents exceptionally well in a wide, museum-style frame.

The sheet is a colour lithograph, the outline printed in black and every colour printed over it rather than applied by hand. Once framed, this antique map of Detroit would suit a hom...

Framing tips: This map benefits from a wide archival mat in ivory or light cream to emphasize the pastel tones and large scale of the continent.

In technique it is a lithograph printed in colour, with the black outline printed first and the pastel colours printed over it. Once framed, this antique map of Baltimore would suit ...

Engraved surface 267 x 203mm approx. 10-1/2” x 8” Rare in this early state and with original colour In a brown mount and traditional black and gold map frame.

Engraved surface 267 x 203mm approx. 10-1/2” x 8” Rare in this early state and with original colour free floated on a cream mount and traditional black and gold map frame

No major tears or losses. Framing tips: This wide-format map works beautifully in a medium walnut or dark oak frame with an off-white or light stone-coloured mat.

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

Vuillemin built each sheet from the official surveys, the Cassini maps, the Depot de la Guerre, the Ponts et Chaussees and the charts of the Marine, and then framed the map with engr...

An original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Northamptonshire will appeal to hunting families, to collectors of the county and to anyone with a conn...

No major tears or losses observed. Framing tips: This map frames beautifully with a soft off-white or light taupe mat and a medium-dark walnut, ebonized, or antique gilt frame.

Its purpose was to record, county by county, the working boundaries between one hunt's country and the next, information that ordinary county maps of the period did not attempt to sh...

An original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Cheshire will appeal to hunting families, to collectors of the county and to anyone with a connection t...

An original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Gloucestershire will appeal to hunting families, to collectors of the county and to anyone with a conne...

An original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Rutlandshire will appeal to hunting families, to collectors of the county and to anyone with a connecti...

No visible plate mark, consistent with the production method. Framing tips: This map frames very well in a classic or scholarly interior.

No major tears or losses observed. Framing tips: This map displays beautifully with a wide off-white or warm ivory mat and a dark walnut, black lacquer, or antique gilt frame.

Frame is NOT included. Framing tips: This map presents beautifully when framed with a neutral archival mat in off-white or ivory to highlight the hand-coloring.

As an original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Oxfordshire makes a fine piece for a hunting family, a collector of the county or anyone with ties t...

An original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Huntingdonshire will appeal to hunting families, to collectors of the county and to anyone with a conne...

As an original atlas sheet, suitable for framing, this antique fox hunting map of Hertfordshire makes a fine piece for a hunting family, a collector of the county or anyone with ties...