Painted Picture Frames

A French Limoges painting offers enamel on copper portrait of a woman in outdoor setting, seated in giltwood frame, 20th century. Measures- 10.5'' H x 9.5'' W x 1.75'' D; 2 sites;...

A very fine Mid-20th Century original gouache painted costume design for a theatrical musical production. Mounted in modern silver coloured frame and signed Erté. Additional information Framed Height: 53 cm Framed Width: 39 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition circa: 1950 Materials: Gouache About Erté’s words ” In fashion- creating forms for living people-in the design of furniture, in the design of theatrical settings and costumes, in the design of jewellery, one is functioning in three dimensions, and all this work in the round can be considered sculptural. In this sense, my theatrical settings are large environmental sculptures...

Set of Coptic fabric remains in Egyptian cotton from the 8th or 9th century A.C. That were found in an excavation work in the 19th century. The fabrics are hand painted. They are in ...

An antique pair of French paintings offer oil on celluloid genre scenes with figures in countryside setting, seated in giltwood frames, artist...

Captivating modern oil on canvas painting of a business man and woman taking a romantic soujourn on a showery spring day. Signed lower right McKean, titled to rear and presented in a dark wooden stepped frame. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Unframed Height: 73 cm Unframed Width: 38 cm Condition: Excellent as new Condition Circa: Contemporary Materials: Oil on Canvas SKU: 299 ABOUT Graham McKean In 1996, after 17 years as a graphic designer, Graham McKean decided to commit himself totally to producing his oil paintings. Graham is presently registered as a self-employed artist, painting full-time from a W.A.S.P. studio at the harbour side in Irvine, Ayrshire. Graham McKean’s paintings have featured in numerous exhibitions and are increasingly appearing at the U.K.’s leading auction houses. His work has now become highly collectible and is held in prestigious private and public collections worldwide. Graham also supports a number of charities through events and auctions. A review by the late W. Gordon Smith...

An excellent full colour multi-layered original production cel of an animated character from the film 'Cool World'. Authenticated by Paramount and dated 1992. Original production cels are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that were used in the creation of an animated film or television show. Each has been hand painted by studio artists on a piece of celluloid acetate, and has been photographed over a background painting to create a frame of the finished production. Additional information Framed Height: 46 cm Framed Width: 54 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Dated: 1992 Materials: Sericel SKU: 245 About Paramount Pictures...

An attractive early 20th century original gouache painted costume design from front and rear for the London Hippodrome production of Stars and Stripes. Mounted in modern silver coloured frame & signed Erté Additional information Framed height: 59 cm framed width: 46 cm Condition: excellent original condition circa: 1950 Materials: Gouache SKU: 241 ABOUT Erté’, Russian 1892 ~ 1990 Erté’s words: ” In fashion- creating forms for living people-in the design of furniture, in the design of theatrical settings and costumes, in the design of jewellery, one is functioning in three dimensions, and all this work in the round can be considered sculptural. In this sense, my theatrical settings are large environmental sculptures...

Butterfly-shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent polychrome fired enamels on hand engraving that imitates the veins of the wings. External dimens...

Rectangular frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel with two-tone stripes on guillochè and hand engravings. External dimensions cm...

Very nice and large drawing and oil painting. Representing a young peasant woman, farmer giving hay to a goat. Very good quality of execution and beautiful colors. Signed « M.Miroude ». In the style of Hugues Merle...

Oval photograph frame, shaped edge in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand engraving, interspersed with black fired enamel in Baroque style. External cm. 7.4 x 11.3. W...

Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...

An antique miniature portrait painting on celluloid of Marie Antoinette seated in parcel gilt frame, artist signed Alex lower right...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border interna...

Murano Sub line glass object by artist Raffael Eros Beautiful Murano glass panel made by master and artist Raffael Eros with fused glass, featuring glass canes, transparent colours, handmade Murrine and opaque lines. Powder-coated iron frame. Single piece. Warranty certificate included. Eros RAFFAEL (Murano (Venice) 1970) Raffael started his artistic career at the age of 14. He collaborated with the best Murano masters, from whom he acquired the ability to manipulate glass in all techniques. Over time, he found it necessary to combine his work with art as a means of creativity. It is presented with works that include the processes: blown, solid, glass fusion, lamp, ground. Eros carries out all processing stages personally. 20TH CENTURY - NEW IDENTITY AND THE ART OF MURANO GLASS In the beginning of the 20th century, the master glassmakers of Murano were still enamored with reproducing classical styles and rediscovering ancient techniques, which was evident at Murano and Venice Exhibition of Choice Glass and Glass Objects staged in 1895 inside Murano City Hall. The rules of the exhibition dictated that the works showcased be reproductions of antique glassware. This important event was well attended by international collectors and glass admirers who greatly appreciated the works rooted in unique Murano tradition. The best works of Murano artists were on display; many were a product of an important glassmaking technique called Murrino (mosaic), which was rediscovered at the end of the 19th century by Vittorio Zuffi while working for Fratelli Toso. This technique originally emerged in the 16th century in an effort to imitate ancient Roman vases. Murano’s famous firm Artisti Barovier received the Honorary Diploma and the Gold Medal. Other artists enjoying popularity in Murano at the time were Salviati, Testolini, and The Toso Brothers (Fratelli Toso). The year 1895 was also the time of the first Venice Biennial exhibition where new works of art in avant-garde and art nouveau styles were showcased. This highlighted the gap between the modern trends gaining strength in Europe at the time and the works of Murano artisans who were deeply attached to the styles and methods of the past. This gap became even more obvious at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900, followed by Expositions of Decorative Arts in Turin in 1902 and Milan in 1906. Some Murano artisans, like Vittorio Toso Borella, became receptive to the new winds blowing on the art scene and started to produce works in art nouveaustyle. Though he originally got mixed reviews for the works he exhibited at Ca’ Pesaro in 1909, Vittorio went on to produce masterpieces that later became universally appreciated. Ca’ Pesaro, unlike Venice Biennial, became an exhibition embracing new artistic trends and showcasing many works in art vouveau style by young artists such as Gino Rossi, Arturo Martini, and Guido Marussig. One of the artists, Vittorio Zecchin, collaborated extensively with Artisti Barovier to create designs for their famous glassware. In the 1920s, art nouveau slowly got replaced by more modern styles with simpler, cleaner, and more functional designs. Art deco took the center stage and with it came less decorated objects with softer lines and more focus on glassware as part of interior design, not a piece of art in and of itself. A new company, Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Capellin Venini, founded in 1921 under Vittorio Zecchin as its head designer became the champion of this style. A little later, in the late 1920s to early 1930s, another important trend arose in Murano led by Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Capellin & Co. and Vetreria Artistica Barovier. The trend was glass animals, which remain popular even today. Other important innovations championed in 1930s and continued in early 1940s were production of glass statues of female nudes and classical figures of boxers and gods, engraving on glass, modern lighting fixtures, perfectly proportioned transparent glass tableware, and the invention of vetro sommerso ? a technique allowing to produce thick glassware with one color on the outside and another on the inside. During World War II the industry did not thrive, but as soon as the war was over the glass masters of Murano returned to their art and created pieces deeply rooted in interior design trends of that time with focus on minimalism, functionality, and simplicity. To support these trends Murano artists and artisans returned to techniques of the past such as filigree, murrino, and lattimo. From that point onwards Murano saw continued exploration of styles and techniques striving to find a happy medium...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, with French Empire Louis XVI style border and rich ornamentation around th...

Square table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè, with bord...

Round photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of garlands of flowers in t...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with 2 oval borders internal size cm. 4 x 5.2 and ornaments with festoons a...

Rectangular frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fired enamel spotted tiger fur type in a modern contemporary style. External measurements cm. 14 x 17.5, i...

Square table frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with edges in French Empire Napoleon III style. External cm. 18 x 18, internal c...

Oil painting on canvas, 1970s Saussay, France, near Paris Author's work Signed Wooden frame with golden profile Landscape paintings.  In these times, art has returned to our walls in...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and with convex border with enamelled lines, on which are applied interlace...

An antique Italian painting offers enamel on copper portrait of a Classical woman seated in reticulated foliate giltwood frame, artist signed with initials as photographed, 19th cent...

This is a pair of hand painted porcelain plates. One of them is depicting a portrait of Marie Antoinette- the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She is holding a rose. The rim is adorned with bouquets of roses and foliages. Below it, there are some gilt trellis patterns and under it a green band with golden stars. The plate has a large gilt gesso squared frame decorated with acanthus leaves pattern in its corners. The plate is hallmarked GDA Limoges...

Superb condition, rare pair of hand carved, solid oak frames with stunning grapevines all around. If you are appreciative of rare and sculptural antiques then this Swiss Black Forest pair...

An antique seascape painting by Paul Earnst Wilke offers watercolor coastal scene with lighthouse, boats and figures, artist signed lower rig...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold "paillons" in the shape of stars t...

Grand et beau tableau, huile sur toile, représentant " L'adoration des Bergers " Ce tableau est une œuvre réalisée au début du XIXème siècle par un peintre non identifié mais très talentueux puisqu'il fallait une certaine maitrise pour s'attaquer à la réalisation d'un tel tableau de si grande taille, encadré par un beau cadre en bois sculpté et doré, italien également. Pour comprendre l'origine de ce tableau il faut remonter au début du XVIIème siècle; en effet, une poignée d’artistes, d’Utrecht aux Pays Bas, arrivèrent à Rome appelés par des commanditaires, très impressionnés par le Caravagisme. Parmi eux se trouvait Gerrit van Honthorst...

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a Blackbird’s nest and eggs, mounted in a Georgian Period Maple frame – Dated 1863. These...

A very handsome and well executed pair of 18th century Irish Georgian portraits. Both executed in pastels on paper laid down on canvas, set within th...

Picture frame with square exterior and oval ornament interior in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue enamel on guillochè and various pure gold "paillons" sandw...

Ornate framed print. Real giltwood frame. Flower print protected with front glass and wood in the back. Measures: 28W x 2.25"D x 24H.

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of two birds eggs, mounted in a Georgian Period Birdseye Maple frame – Circa 1835. These watercolors were largely painte...

Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...

An antique painting by S. B. Shiley offers oil on canvas portrait of a young boy by S.B. Shirley, seated in giltwood frame, circa 1880 Measures - overall 33.5''H x 29.5''W x 4''D; s...

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a yellow-jacket wasp, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame – circa 1825-1835. These watercolors were largely p...

An antique French Louis XVI style trumeau mirror offers giltwood construction with frame having foliate, bead and ribbon elements housing upper panel with oil on canvas painting of y...

An antique miniature portrait painting on celluloid of Marie Antoinette seated in parcel gilt frame, artist signed Alex lower right...

An antique Continental landscape painting offers oil on board scene with a shepherd on a donkey with his herd of sheep and dog, artist signed illegible, seated in giltwood frame, 19t...

Beautiful oil on canvas from the 19th century representing a navy. In the foreground, a three-masted ship is moored in the basin, further on we can see other ships and also a quay. V...

An antique Hudson River School landscape painting offers oil on canvas river scene, seated in giltwood frame, unsigned, c1890 Measures- 24.25''H ...

An original British School Regency Period watercolor portrait, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame – Dated 1834. These watercolors were largely painted by young girls fro...

Early 20th century gold painted oval frame Measures: Opening 21" wide x 25.75" high Outer edge 25.5" wide x 30" high Good antique condition.

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a Willow Wren’s nest and egg, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame – Dated 1863. These watercolors were large...

Amazingly hand-carved photo or picture frame with a top quality, original drawing of a girl. If ever there was an antique work of art 'with a soul' then this unique and all origin...

18th century, Italian still life with flowers by Michele Antonio Rapos (Italy 1733-1819) The canvas, of fine workmanship and under good conditions of maintenance, represents a sti...

17th century, oil on canvas Dutch painting with hunting scene Oil on canvas. Dimensions: frame W 81 x H 75 cm, canvas 58 x 49 cm The oil on canvas painting depicts a hunting scene in a predominantly rocky landscape. On the right, at the center of the canvas is depicted a group of characters dressed for hunting according to the 17th century fashion of northern Europe. The men stop with their horses and dogs; one of them points downstream, while another one sounds a Horn, used as a call sign in hunting trips. In the foreground on the left another character sits on the ground, turning his back on the observer, in the company of two hunting dogs. The scene takes place in the open air, in a rocky context and the landscape widens towards a valley, beyond which the horizon is lost among mountain reliefs with blue tones. The bright sky is characterized by some clear clouds. The color palette of the canvas is characterized by brown tones; a ray of light that emphasizes the right group, where it stands out illuminated a dog and the spotted steed on which is rising a man with a red mantel...

Landscape of a plain in watercolor on paper. This painting of warm colors reveals a tree-like vegetation that seems to move to the rhythm of the wind. Created by the French paint...

A large French baroque art frame. Pine wood carved with foliage decorations and black-painted edges. Original untouched with very fine age-relat...

French copper engraved hand colored map of Carolina & Georgia matted under glass with a painted frame, mid-18th century

Alberto Carlieri (Italy-Roma 1672-1720), "Christ and the adulteress", Oil on canvas, with frame cm H 115 x L 151 x 6.5, only canvas H 98.5 x L 135 cm...

This watercolor represents the interior of a church. We can see different columns and pointed arches. We can see hanging on the opposites aisle different paintings. An altar is visib...

English copper engraved hand colored map of the North Eastern United States matted under glass in a gilt frame, Early 19th Century. Drawn and Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas...

French decorative ceramic representing a horse under the moon Height Tiles glued on a wood board The faience is hand painted and hand made circa 1970 Good condition   L40 P1,5 ...

Anonymous watercolor and drawing "Gendarme on horseback" after the work of the painter Lalaisse which is part of the collection of watercolors "Troops on horseback" dating from 1859....

Beautiful watercolor landscape of the countryside. Two people are walking on a pontoon towards their cottage with their dog. The colors are soft and the horizon seems blurred, which ...

Pair of antique embroidered frames, rectangular shape, in ivory colored silk satin with embroidery in cotton and gold lamé of floral elements and love knots. These are devotional monastic Italian...