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South Indian Oil on Canvas Painting Late 19th Early 20th Century Festival Night
Located in Norfolk, GB
appears to be a late 18th/ early 19th century frame. It has bits of gilding and small parts of the gesso
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Marie Mancini Holding a String of Pearls, Old Master Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
carved and gesso 17th century frame. This is a superb portrait that Titan Fine Art are proud to offer
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Large French gilt Decorative Mirror
Located in Bellport, NY
An exceptional French gilt framed and beveled glass mirror from France.With wheat and floral gesso
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
A French Giltwood Art Deco Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
the gesso carved mirror frame in giltwood, retaining original glass
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Large French Louis Overmantle Mirror, 1800s
Located in Hastings, GB
frame with decorative gesso egg and dart pattern mouldings. Gilt finish. 120cm width, 144.5cm height
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Painted Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
frame; Carved gilded gesso Greek key molding around top; Three drawers with gilded frames containing a
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
French Oval Louis XVI-Style Gilt Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Classic French Louis XVI gilt gesso and wood, oval framed mirror in original condition. Classic
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames
French Louis XVI Period Pier Mirror
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XVI Period pier mirror in gesso and parcel gilt frame, with two-plate mercury glass
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
18th Century Alto Peruvian Mirror
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Fantastic Alto Peruvian carved cedar mirror with gesso and gilt details. The frame has almost a
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Painted and Parcel Gilt Italian Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aged mirror plate in painted frame of gesso over carved wood with mottled finish and parcel gilt
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Antique English Presentation of Two Starfish
Located in Palm Beach, FL
their iconic form, under hand blown convex glass in a wood and gesso gilt frame.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Shell, Glass
Antique English Presentation of Two Starfish
Located in Palm Beach, FL
their iconic form, under hand blown convex glass in a wood and gesso gilt frame.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Other Medium
Pair of Victorian Verre Églomisé Paintings of Birds
Located in New York, NY
flowers on a white ground. In an ebonized wood frame with gilt gesso inner slip.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Glass
Large Louis XV Style Giltwood Console Table, 19th Century with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
kegs with stretcher, ending in scroll feet. Beautiful
Gilt patina, gilt gesso over carved wood frame.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Marble
19th Century Oil on Canvas "Madonna Della Sedia" After Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio
Located in Houston, TX
and gesso Renaissance-style frame. Unsigned
After Raphael (raffaello Sanzio, Italian, 1483-1520
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French Louis XVI Style "Voyeuse" Side Chairs
Located in Doylestown, PA
A decorative pair of Louis XVI-style "voyeuse" boudoir chairs, circa 1920, in grey gesso finished
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Upholstery
Rare 19th C. Original Folk Art Miniature Portrait Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FANTASTIC AND RARE ORIGINAL MINIATURE OIL PAINTINGS ON CANVIS IN ORIGINAL GESSO PAINTED FRAMES
Category
19th Century American Antique Gesso Frames
Pair of Copperplate Engravings of 16th Century Men in Arab Dress
Located in San Francisco, CA
handmade, gesso and gilt frames. Provenance: Lucy B. Campbell, London
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Gesso Frames
Pair Italian Rococo Period Boldy Shaped Walnut Console Tables, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
tops retaining traces of gilded gesso, the conforming frames with deep aprons and single brass handles
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Round Top, TX
gold painted gesso and wood frame. Please take a moment to enlarge the photos and examine the details
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas
Louis XVI Style Carved Over-The-Mantle Mirror with a Trumeau Painted Scene
Located in Manhasset, NY
gesso carved frame this finely painted trumeau mirror has a wonderfully warm and inviting scene of
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames
Pair of 19th Century English Giltwood Mirrors in the George III Style
Located in London, GB
The elliptical mirror plates enclosed by gesso and gold giltwood frames, exuberantly carved with
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19th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Finely Detailed KPM Style Porcelain Plaque by Andree Cuzent
Located in Manhasset, NY
1910. The back unmarked. Mounted in a period gilt gesso moulded frame.
Measures: 13¾" H x 6¾" L.
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
French, 18th Century, Louis XVI Style Mirror
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French, Louis XVI period mirror, circa 1780, in giltwood and gesso, the frame carved to depict
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Greek Orthodox 19th Century Icon Painting on Wood
Located in Hastings, GB
Late 19th century Icon painting on wood, the arched frame with applied gesso and gilt. The
Category
Late 19th Century Baltic Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
19th Century Icon Painting on Wood Greek Orthodox
Located in Hastings, GB
Late 19th century Icon painting on wood, the arched frame with applied gesso and gilt. The
Category
Late 19th Century Baltic Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
George 1st gilt triple plate mirror
Located in Sherborne, GB
is set within a carved water gilded frame has gesso losses to the right hand side corners which can
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oil on Canvas Pastoral Scene Cows Grazing at a Riverbank Signed
Located in Manhasset, NY
dated. This large and impressive oil painting is framed in a carved gesso and gilt frame. The unframed
Category
Early 20th Century English Prairie School Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of French Art Deco Gravures by J. Hardy, Signed and Copyrighted
By J. Hardy
Located in Miami, FL
girl.
These works of art are very handsomely matted and framed under glass in antique gesso gilt wood
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Paper, Wood
Small Greek Orthodox 19th Century Icon Painting on Wood
Located in Hastings, GB
Late 19th century smaller scale Icon painting on wood, the arched, spired frame with applied gesso
Category
Late 19th Century Baltic Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Gold D
ore Over Hand-Carved Wood Renaissance Oak-Leaf Mirro
Located in Dallas, TX
gold leaf made up of 24-carat gold over gesso and hand-carved wood frame,
circa 1850s.
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 19th century Large Spanish Gilt mirrorEarly 19th century Large Spanish Gil
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very impressive Large early 19th century gilt mirror. The subtle details in the gesso and
Category
19th Century Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Portrait of a Bearded French Military Officer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
restored carved wood and gesso gilded frame of the period.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas
19th Century English Giltwood Mirror with Sphinxes in the Neoclassical Style
Located in London, GB
gesso; the gadroon edged frame having an interior reserve of running arcaded channelling, with rose
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Autumnal Bounty
Located in Corsham, GB
detail and decorative composition.
The painting is unsigned and presented in a rubbed gilt effect frame
Category
19th Century Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Watercolor
Large French Ebonized and Gilt Oval Wall Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
charming piece, the looking glass is new soon marks or foxing
The oval wooden frame has gesso decoration
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Mirror
Large Victorian Advertising Mirror, Fry’s Chocolate
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
set in a 2” wide gesso and gold painted frame which is somewhat darkened by age
The mirror frame is
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Mirror
Portrait of Christ as a Child
Located in London, GB
decoration of the Vatican Belvedere and of the Sala Regia of Pius IV.
Held in its original carved and gesso
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Copper
19th Century Federal Style Large Gilt Carved Top Console Mirror
Located in Manhasset, NY
lovely antique overmantel mirror dates from around the Regency period. It has a lovely wood and gesso
Category
Early 20th Century Federal Antique Gesso Frames
Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and the Lamb
Located in Dallas, TX
Catholic picture / religious painting / Christian oil on board, framed in an elaborate gilded frame
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century English Oil on Canvas Japanese Spaniel Lap Dog Portrait
Located in Lowestoft, GB
tasseled cushion.
The painting has been relined and also housed in a deep of the period gilt frame. The
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Pine
1909 A Stevenson, Greyhounds Whippets Profiles Oil and Canvas Folk Art Naive
Located in Lowestoft, GB
repair patch on the reverse and also a tear in the centre, also the gesso and gilt frame has two small
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
"Sunset Sail"
By B. Kreutzer
Located in Southampton, NY
artist, Thomas Moran. This painting is done in the same time period. Housed in its original wood, gesso
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Oil
"Wash Day"
By Jean Hendrichs
Located in Southampton, NY
. Original wood and gesso gold leaf frame which dates the painting to late 1890 to 1900. Several small
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Oil
1900s French Oval Gilded Wood Mirror With Floral Motifs
Located in High Point, NC
a carved wooden frame adorned in gilded gesso. The frame is intricately detailed with floral and
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Louis Philippe Style Giltwood Mirror with Clamshell Carvings
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
mirror is wood, and gesso. Minor scratches to the frame where you will see white peeking through. It does
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Louis VALLET (1856-1940) Side-saddle horse rider, watercolour, signed 1895
Located in TEYJAT, FR
and mounted in a very attractive period moulded and carved, gesso, gilt and cream painted frame. The
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Louis XVI French Mantel Clock by "JUST", C.H. Paris
Located in Bronx, NY
, one finds a vine of roses draping along the clock's gesso & wood frame. The gilt color is worn in
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Enamel
18th C Black and Gold Hand Painted French Chinoiserie Bergere Chair
Located in Hastings, GB
in gilt, the back framed in gilt gesso twisted rope and swag decorations.
There are minor marks to
Category
18th Century French Art Deco Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Two-Tone Gilt and Paint Beveled Wall Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
and use and adorns the original patinated two-tone gilt and white gesso painted finish throughout the
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Georgian Regency Period Miniature Painting Portrait of a Lady 1810
Located in Portland, OR
housed in the original gilded gesso & limewood frame. The painting depicts a curious young lady with her
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Paint
16th Century Quadriptych Altarpiece Oil on Panel of the Four Apostles Naive Folk
Located in Lincoln, GB
Condition
Original as found condition. The gesso and painted frames have chips and scuffs in line with age
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Wood
Neo-Classical oil Painting of Bellisarius Begging for Alms after J.L David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
elaborate gilded gesso and black wooden frame.
The subject is an old, blind, poor, seated Bellisarius
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Harvest Landscape
By Viggo Christien Frederik Vilhelm Pedersen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the Pedersen's subtle mastery of color and light.
Presented in a substantial water-gilded, gesso
Category
1910s Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early Victorian Mirror with a Bust of Prince Albert by Raphael Turner
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian gilt mirror of oval form with a giltwood and gesso rope twist frame centred on a bust
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Samuel S. Carr 1837-1908 American Idyllic Beachside Scene Children Dogs
Located in Long Island City, NY
ornate gesso-covered giltwood frame, enhancing its period charm and presence. The composition is
Category
19th Century North American Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique British Landscape Oil Painting of Path through Mountains, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
.
Condition report:
Original lining, contemporary frame with some cracks and gesso loss (frame overall of
Category
19th Century British Antique Gesso Frames
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
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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
- What is a gesso frame?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021Gesso 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.
- Are antique picture frames valuable?2 Answers1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021Antique 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, 2021Yes, 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.
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