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English Country House 19th C Oil on Board Armorial Coat of Arms Coach Panel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
country house condition, later framed in a period gilt and gesso frame with large areas of wear and losses
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19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

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Hardwood

Original Antique English Oil Painting of Horses
Located in Round Top, TX
wood and gesso frame. Please take a moment to enlarge the photos to appreciate the details of the
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Early 20th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Signed Antique Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting of Clock and Flowers
Located in Round Top, TX
covering the clock. The canvas is mounted in a giltwood and gesso frame with a few age related chips and
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Early 20th Century Danish Antique Gesso Frames

English School Early 19th.C Large Half Length Portrait of a Distinguish Gent
Located in Lowestoft, GB
painting. Sections of moulding, heavy wear to the gilt and sections of loss to the gesso frame. A
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Pair of Limoges and Royal Vienna Porcelain Portraits Gilt Framed Plates
By Royal Vienna Porcelain, Limoges
Located in Guaynabo, PR
green band with golden stars. The plate has a large gilt gesso squared frame decorated with acanthus
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Late 19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Porcelain

Original Antique Barnyard Oil Painting with Guard Dog by Herman Funch
Located in Round Top, TX
chicks and the gentle, peaceful "feel" of this painting. The canvas is mounted in a giltwood and gesso
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Religious Antique Oil on Wood Panel Painting of the Nativity
Located in Round Top, TX
gilt wood and gesso frame, is slightly warped and is unsigned. There are a few pieces of molding
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

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Wood

A French Louis XV style painted and gilt mirror, 19th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An exquisite Louis XV style mirror, featuring an elegant ivory-painted gesso frame richly adorned
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

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Mirror, Wood, Paint

Georgian Tall Ebonised and Gilt Hall Wall Mirror
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
full of age, charm and character. Gilt and ebonised wood and gesso frame. Quite a delicate design that
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Early 1800s Georgian Antique Gesso Frames

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Giltwood

Victorian Painting of a Sleeping Child
Located in New Windsor, NY
Poughkeepsie, NY estate. The wood and gesso frame is in as found condition with losses (see photos). The
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

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Paint

18th C English School Oil Canvas Shakespeares A Midsummer Night’s Dream Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
my view. Again the gilt and gesso frame has seen better days but would appear to be original to the
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

19th C. French Giltwood Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning giltwood & gesso carved French frame with aged mirror inset.
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

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Wood, Gesso, Mirror

A mid 19th cen. Italian Baroque Style Carved and Ebonized Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
corners, the interiors of the corners with punchwork details to the gesso, the lighter areas are of an
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19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

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Gesso

Antique Pair Still Life Oil Paintings European School, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
gilt and gesso frames and dating from the late 19th century. This splendid pair feature beautiful
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1890s Antique Gesso Frames

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Gesso, Canvas

19th Century Napoleon III Gilded Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th c. Napoleon III mirror with elaborately carved and gilded gesso frame. Decoration includes
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gesso Frames

Original Antique Oil Painting Portrait of a Danish Fisherman
Located in Round Top, TX
a gilt wood and gesso frame. There are light abrasions to the frame as well as the bottom of the
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Early 20th Century Danish Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Period Rubens Santoro Style Venice Oil on Panel Picture
By Eduard Vitali
Located in Roma, IT
follower Housed in a beautiful, molded hand carved giltwood and gesso frame gilded with gold leaves. Panel
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Early 20th Century Italian International Style Antique Gesso Frames

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Wood

Small Antique Sampler, circa 1770, by Lydia Peakins
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
. Framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to a wood backing.  
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1770s English Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

Antique Porthole Mirror, English, Convex, Decorative, Hall, Lounge, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Gilt gesso frame presents rich golden tones with
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Early 19th Century British Antique Gesso Frames

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Mirror

Young Woman
By Charles Frederick Lowcock
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
early 1880's. The painting is handsomely presented in a delicate gilt-gesso frame of the period.
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas, Oil

Victorian Folk Art Textile Sampler, Dated 1840 by Esther Nunn
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
. Framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is tacked to a wooden board
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1840s English Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Silk

Original Antique Oil Painting of Three Young Girls Reading by Jul Paulsen
Located in Round Top, TX
, as the other two move closer to hear more. The canvas is mounted in a gilt wood and gesso frame and
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Early 20th Century Danish Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in White Dress Sitting on Edge of
Located in Round Top, TX
artwork. The canvas is in good condition, the gesso frame shows old repair/glue to inside corners, some
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1890s Danish Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Giltwood Regence Style Mirror Crest or Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
A carved , gesso'd and gilded gilt mirror crest or trophy , second half 19th century. Wall hook
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19th Century French Régence Antique Gesso Frames

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Wood, Gesso

Hand Carved Regence Style Giltwood Mirror Crest Fragment, 19th Century
Located in Nashville, TN
A carved, gesso'd and gilded gilt mirror crest or trophy, second half of the 19th century, possibly
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19th Century French Régence Antique Gesso Frames

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Gesso, Wood

19th Century Portrait of a military army officer Follower of Sir Francis Grant
Located in York, GB
is 94cm x 80 cm whilst the painting is 76.8 x 64cm Housed in what is probably the original gilt gesso
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

Alphonse Mucha Pair of "Byzantine Heads" Lithographs
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in New York, NY
: Paper, Modern giltwood and gesso frame Signed: Mucha Literature: Lithographs pictured in Alphonse Mucha
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Gesso Frames

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Paper, Giltwood

Antique Stumpwork Embroidery of Faith, Hope Charity
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
trees, insects. Re-framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with old rippled glass and spacers for air gap
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1660s English Other Antique Gesso Frames

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Silk

Scottish Sampler, 1803 by Jannet Anderson, 10
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
, gilded, gesso frame with glass. Fixed to linen with wood backing. (dimensions exclude the frame).
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Early 1800s English Other Antique Gesso Frames

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Silk

Pair of Antique Victorian Oil Paintings, Scottish Highlands by H. Leslie
Located in London, GB
beautifully framed and mounted behind glass. The condition is superb, the glass has preserved the paintings
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

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Paint

"End of the Day"
By Walter Lansil
Located in Southampton, NY
1879. Signed and dated lower right. Unlined. In it's original gold leaf gesso frame. Overall framed
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1870s Academic Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Sampler, 1832 by Mary Lewis
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
, potted flowering plants, fir trees, crowns, fruit baskets and hearts. Framed in a gilded, gesso frame
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

Antique Sampler, 1832, by Sarah Pountain
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
old, gilded, gesso frame with glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

Afternoon Horseback Ride by Edmond-Georges Grandjean
Located in New York, US
panel measures 9.25 by 13 inches. Period giltwood and gesso frame measures 15 by 18.75 inches. Signed E
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gesso Frames

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Wood

Rare Set of 4 Antique Georgian Appliqué Embroideries
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
), gilded gesso frames, with rippled old glass. Mounting: The embroideries are fixed to board. Frame backed
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1820s English Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

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Textile

Original Oil Painting Battle Scene of Polish Officer on Horseback
By A. Zczerbowski
Located in Round Top, TX
the giltwood and gesso frame with minor flaking and re-touches to the paint. The cardboard and frame
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Late 19th Century Polish Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Composition

Antique Naive Portrait Of Two Girls, Original Primitive Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Bristol, GB
-1860s in date. In its original gilt gesso frame. The painting itself is largely in good vintage
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19th Century British Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Late 19th c. Chinese Painting of a Junk at Sail.
Located in Hudson, NY
painting has a period 1920's wood and gesso frame with a nice old color and patina to the surface and is
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19th Century Chinese Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

“Arc de Triomphe Paris”
By Henri Grenier
Located in Southampton, NY
. Circa 1925. Condition is excellent. The artwork is housed in its original ornate carved wood and gesso
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1920s Fauvist Antique Gesso Frames

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Watercolor

Antique Oil Painting "The New Gown" C. F. Lowcock
Located in London, GB
-gesso frame of the period. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for
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1880s English Antique Gesso Frames

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Gesso, Canvas

Antique French School Impressionist Landscape 19th C
Located in London, GB
stunning gilt gesso frame, late 19th century in date. This splendid painting is rectangular in shape
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1890s French Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Pair of Antique Victorian Oil Paintings by George Jennings
Located in London, GB
mounted in gilt wood and gesso frames with glass fronts protecting the paintings, so the paintings are in
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

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Paint, Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Sampler, 1780 by Lydia Dawes
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
A stag, birds, crowns, diamonds and baskets of flowers. Framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with
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1780s English Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

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Silk

Signed Antique Oil on Canvas, Dogs by Fireplace, 19th Century
By Louis Lartigau
Located in Dallas, TX
pure contentment. The giltwood and plaster/gesso frame has beautiful ornamentation. The artist
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Late 19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Antique Landscape Painting, Original, British School, Oil On Canvas, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
later, quality gilt gesso frame with hanging wire to verso Replete with artist's signature to lower
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Heinrich August Schwabe 1843-1916 In the Studio Painting
By Heinrich Schwabe 1
Located in New Windsor, NY
deciphering the rest of the writing. It is very faint. The gilded and gesso frame is 'as is and as found
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

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Gesso, Cane, Wood, Paint

Large Antique Berlin KPM Porcelain Plaque "Voices of Fairyland" F. Greiner 1895
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Portland, OR
in the original gilded gesso frame, both the plaque and frame are in excellent condition. The last
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1890s German Romantic Antique Gesso Frames

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Porcelain

Antique Landscape Painting, British School, Original, Oil on Canvas, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
to any room Presented in a later, quality gilt gesso frame with hanging wire to verso Replete with
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Antique 19th Century Oil Painting by Lewis Thomas Ives
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Long Island City, NY
wood and gesso frame. Note: Lewis Thomas Ives was an attorney who painted in his spare time and
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19th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

Antique Still Life Oil Painting by Jules Édouard Diart, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique oil on canvas still life painting with a stunning gilt and gesso
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1880s French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

C. 1900-1920 Oil Painting on Cardboard Board by Thomas Riss
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
splendid group of vivid portraits of elderly farmers painted from 1900-1930s. Wood & gesso frame
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Early 20th Century Austrian Expressionist Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas, Paint

Antique Pair Large Still Life Oil Paintings Continental School 19th C 131x107cm
Located in London, GB
paintings, each initialled by the artist A M, in stunning gilt and gesso frames, dating from the late 19th
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Late 19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

French Musical Automation Picture Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
both a cylinder music box and an automaton. A clock is integrated within the arched giltwood and gesso
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Late 19th Century French Other Antique Gesso Frames

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Gesso and Carved Gilt Framed Mirror, English, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unique gesso and carved gilt frame of flowers and acanthus leaves with a beveled glass mirror
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1840s English Beaux Arts Antique Gesso Frames

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Gesso, Wood

Antique French Oil on Canvas Barbizon School Landscape Cows Victor Binet 1875
By Victor Binet
Located in Portland, OR
background. The painting is signed lower right "V. Binet" and is housed in the original lavishly gilded gesso
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1870s Barbizon School Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Bernard Rescuing a Child in the Snow. Beadwork. Embroidery. XIX century
Located in Firenze, IT
beads sewn onto canvas Size: 27 cm x 33 cm Frame: Gilded wood and gesso frame, 19th century, to be
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

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Fabric, Glass, Blown Glass

Antique Dutch School Floral Still Life Oil Painting Framed Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
gilt gesso frame, late 19th century in date. This splendid painting is rectangular in shape and
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1890s Antique Gesso Frames

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Canvas

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Antique Gesso Frames For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique gesso frames available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of gesso, wood and glass, all antique gesso frames available were constructed with great care. Antique gesso frames have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique gesso frames are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Rococo and Louis XV styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique gesso frames over the years, but those made by John James Audubon, Edgar Degas and James Edwin Meadows are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Gesso Frames?

Prices for antique gesso frames start at $170 and top out at $30,965 with the average selling for $1,899.
Questions About Antique Gesso Frames
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    Gesso is the Italian word for “chalk.” It has been used for the preparation of gilding frames. You can find a variety of gesso picture frames on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    Antique picture frames can be very valuable, particularly if they are older and have maintained their high quality. Some designs are considered classically attractive and are more valuable even if they are not as old.
    1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021
    Yes, antique picture frames are considered valuable. They are regarded as high-value collectibles and can often be seen in exhibits without canvases, as art pieces on their own. Made of wood traditionally, antique picture frames remain very popular owing to their ability to be shaped in varied profiles. You can choose from a wide variety of antique picture frames, including designs in antique and vintage, new and contemporary, and 21st century pre-owned styles on 1stDibs.