Small Antique Oval Giltwood Frame from Paris, 17th Century

This small French statue from the 1600s depicts a person in a two- piece robe with the bottom right hand portion of the robe attached above the knee. He is standing on a small carved...

Hand-carved by a master-level craftsman in the 1500s, this wonderful wooden frame features a pierced grapevine frieze encircling a thin cavetto interior molding. The highly detailed ...

Fountain and Architecture This narrow silk and wool tapestry fragment dates to the 1600s and is from Brussels. It is depicting a statue of the Greek God, Hermes (Mercury to the Ro...

This is a large, horizontal fragment of a late 17th century Beauvais tapestry. Beauvais tapestry manufacture was one of the most well-known tapestry workshops in France. Beauvais was...

Hand-carved in the United States in the early 20th century, the focal point of this double picture frame is the stylized naval insignia. Both glass frames, which fit 6 x 4 photos, currently contain a pair of near antique black and white postcards (they are included). The frame on the left has a print of a circa 1930 George Harris photograph of the USS Constitution, aka “Old Ironsides”. The frame on the right has a lithograph of a full rigged windjammer (commercial sailing boat) that was originally printed in the early 1900’s. The two frames are positioned splayed outward so that the bottom of the frames meet in one point. Both frames are adorned with leaves and rectangular borders with diapered background. The outside bottom corners are each conical volute scrolls with fluted embellishments. At the top of the frames, a large eagle is presented displayed, wings elevated (wings spread wide with the tips pointing upward). The eagle is perched upon a shaped shield with stars and stripes, in the style of an early American flag...

This granite rose mortar was hand-carved in Northern Brittany, France during the 1600’s. Granite is formed when magma is cooled underground, which causes various minerals to become e...

17th century, Italian carved giltwood mirror with small stones This important mirror, made in Italy in the 17th century, has a rare, if not unique, processing. Rectangular in shap...

17th century Spanish Provincial polychrome frame. Hand-carved with extended corners, and hand-painted floral design.

A truly stunning 17th century Frame from Barcelona crafted from wood and carved with trimmed acanthus leaves and gilded. Magnificent to house a painting or install a mirror.

17th century Spanish reverse profile Cassetta frame with hand-painted faux-marble orange panels. Measures: Opening size 5 3/8" x 3 3/4".

Rare gilded wooden frame qualified by a polychrome painted metal band with tiny foliage ornaments. Silver metal sconces chiselled with cherub heads between scrolls. Rome, 17th Two co...

Framework. Carved wood, late 17th-early 18th century. Rectangular frame that presents a "base structure" of straight lines, combining moldings of different widths and finishes (inside, a golden band with Fine plant details towards the corners; then a thin red one, and a wider green one, these two the latter imitating marble; outside, another fine gilt molding), enhanced with a series of carvings of vegetal elements in the corners (symmetrical composition), two ovoid elements on the long sides and a highly elaborate cresting with vegetal elements, rockeries, scrolls, flowers and imitation of fabrics (which are joined with those ovoid elements mentioned). The combination of red, green and gold is common in certain types of frames (compare, for example, with the terracotta of Salamanca made around the middle of the 16th century by Juan de Juni, which is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum). On it, a series of carvings with a lot of movement and depth have been added, showing Baroque influence (reminiscent in certain details of works such as the frame of the Immaculate Conception by Alonso Cano...