ORIGINAL ANTIQUE FRENCH REVIVAL GILT AND GESSO PICTURE FRAME

THIS IS ONE OF A PAIR OF ORIGINAL FRENCH REVIVAL GILT AND GESSO PICTURE FRAMES I AM SELLING. DATING TO THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN ACANTHUS LEAF BORDER TO THE EDGE A REEDED DESIGN TO THE INNER FRAME. IN GOOD CONDITION THERE IS SOME VERY MINOR LOSS TO THE GESSO BUT IT IS MINOR. THE GILDING HAS SOME SIGNS OF AGE THIS HAS MELLOWED THE GILDING AS SHOWN. IT MEASURES 20.5 INCHES BY 17.25 INCHES. THERE IS AN INNER MOUNT AND WITH THIS IN PLACE THE APERTURE MEASURES 11.74 INCHES BY 8.5 INCHES. WITH IT REMOVED THE INNER APERTURE MEASURES 14 INCHES BY 10.75 INCHES WITH A SMALL LIP APPROX .025 INCHES AROUND THE INSIDE WHICH CAN BE ADDED TO THE MEASUREMENTS. THE FRAME STANDS 3.5 INCHES DEEP AND IS 4 INCHES WIDE. A GREAT QUALITY FRAME THE DESIGN OF WHICH AND MAKE UP IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THESE DAYS. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE CONDITION. I WILL COMBINE POSTAGE FOR THOSE WISHING TO BUY THE PAIR.

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