FINE QUALITY ANTIQUE LATE GEORGIAN/EARLY VICTORIAN
TURNED SOLID WALNUT PICTURE FRAME
SUPERB DEPTH OF COLOUR & PATINATION
ORIGINAL HANDMADE GLASS & BRASS HANGING BALE
c.1830-50
8.7" DIAMETER
EXCELLENT CONDITION
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A FINE QUALITY ANTIQUE LATE GEORGIAN/EARLY VICTORIAN HAND TURNED SOLID WALNUT CIRCULAR PICTURE FRAME DATING TO c.1830-50. THE FRAME HAS A BEAUTIFULLY HAND TURNED SURROUND OF SOLID WALNUT WHICH HAS RESPONDED VERY WELL TO A BEESWAX POLISH WITH THE MOST LOVELY RICH DEPTH OF COLOUR, FIGURING, PATINATION & HIGH ANTIQUE SHEEN. THE CARVED PROFILE IS IN REVERSE WITH RAISED FRIEZE, HOLLOW SIGHT EDGE & REEDED OUTER EDGE AND FLAT PROFILE SIDES. THE FRAME RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL HANDMADE GLASS (SO MUCH MORE INKEEPING THAN MODERN GLASS), STURDY BRASS HANGING BALE & RING, THICK PINE BACKBOARD AND HANDMADE TACKS. THE FRAME IS VERY VERSATILE AND WOULD SUIT A WATERCOLOUR, PRINT, SAMPLER OR SILHOUETTE.
THE FRAME IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS TO THE WALNUT. THERE ARE ONLY THE MOST MINIMAL SIGNS OF SURFACE WEAR WHEN TURNED TO THE LIGHT. THERE IS NO SIGN OF WOODWORM.
THE FRAME MEASURES 8.7" DIAMETER OVERALL, 7.2" DIAMETER FOR THE APERTURE AT THE FRONT AND 7.3" INTO THE REBATE AT THE BACK.
THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A FINE QUALITY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE LATE GEORGIAN/EARLY VICTORIAN PICTURE FRAME IN SOLID WALNUT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - WHOEVER WINS IT WILL BE DELIGHTED!
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