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Rare Antique Boston School Violin Player Portrait Oil Painting, ca 1890’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
and gesso ornate frame that adds depth and sophistication to the overall presentation. The frame and
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1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

“Near Kennebunkport”
By Henry Pember Smith
Located in Southampton, NY
leaf over gesso wood frame. Circa 1875. Overall framed measurements are 17.5 by 23.5 inches
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1870s Academic Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Highland Cattle
By Charles Jones (b.1836)
Located in Hillsborough, NC
framing. It was shipped with an older gesso and wood frame that sustained damage. However, this 19th
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1870s Naturalistic Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Boston Windmills”
Located in Southampton, NY
housed in its original gold leaf over gesso over wood frame in fine condition. Overall measurements are
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1890s Tonalist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turn of Century Birch Forest Glow Suffolk County, New York Landscape
By Susan Field Bissell
Located in Soquel, CA
frame. Signed "S. Bissell" lower right. Image size, 16"H x 23"W. Frame gesso decorations are old and
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1890s American Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor

Portrait of a Lady - British 17th century art Old Master portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
by 25 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an 18th century gilt wood and gesso Lely panel
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

Cavalier with Lady and Dog Seascape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
collection - Rochester, NY. Framed in a gold-leaf gesso moulding. Framed size: 22.75" x 26.5". Canvas size
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1850s Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Les Péottes de Chioggia" Italian Boats Scene in Venice Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
stretcher bar on verso with the title and artist name. This piece comes housed in an outstanding gesso
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Rising Clouds”
By Charles Courtney Curran
Located in Southampton, NY
painting would be considered a study for future works. Framed in a period gold leaf over a gesso and wood
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil, Board

Triptych of 18th Century Russian Orthodox Icons
Located in North Miami, FL
a wooden board. Each of them have been mounted on Lucite panels and framed with a rustic gesso and
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Early 18th Century Russian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Florentine Round Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Florentine mirror, hand-painted in blues and gold. Beautifully carved, gesso and gilt
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19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Italian Gilt Carved Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Italian gilt carved gesso mirror. Vintage Italian gilt framed mirror with handsome banding, Italy
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century French Folk Art Family Portrait
Located in Winter Park, FL
tree in a pastoral setting. Oil on board. Unsigned. Giltwood frame with gesso decoration.
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

19th Century French Mirror
Located in Nijlen, BE
A giltwood and gesso French frame with original mirror glass. From the 19th Century, inspired by
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19th Century French Country Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Pine

19th Century Oil Painting of a Horse in the Stables
Located in Brighton, Sussex
original gilded gesso picture frame. Initials 'R.C' possibly the name of the horse. Dated 1853.
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19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Currier Ives "Distanced", 1878 Harness Racing Caricature Print
By Thomas Worth
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
. Original lacquered gesso and gilt frame slightly distressed. Free shipping.   
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1870s American Sporting Art Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paper

18th C, Ornate Gilt French Carved Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
18th C Ornate Gilt French Carved Mirror Wide Beautifully Carved Ornate Frame With Gesso And Gilt
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18th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Venice, Fishermen at Sunset , Venetian Lagoon watercolor
By Eugenio Benvenuti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
sunset with fisherman tending to their nets in the foreground. In a period, gilt-gesso and carved wood
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

19th Century French Gilded Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
A small 19th century French gilded mirror with carved floral corner decorations. Pine frame with
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Italian Early 19th c. Gilt and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Greenwich, CT
column, the wrought iron frame with gesso and gilt surface, mostly original glass elements, the whole of
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wrought Iron

Velvet and Gilt French Display Case
Located in Seattle, WA
and be displayed but remain protected with easy access. Gilt and gesso on wood frame, stamped on back.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Gesso Frames

Richly Carved French Louis XV Giltwood Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
completely carved from wood (as opposed to gesso/stucco ornamentation). The gesso decor on mirror frames
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror

Large French Trumeau Parcel Gilt Mirror
Located in London, GB
. The top decorated with rosettes, descending foliage and egg and dart gilt and gesso. The mirror plate
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

18th Century French Directoire Settee With A Painted Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
. It has been recently upholstered in a linen fabric, but we sell our pieces for the frame only as we
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Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Lovely Danish Antique Oil on Canvas Painting by Braabye
Located in Søborg, DK
. This painting is set in a beautiful giltwood frame with ornamented gesso flowers and foliage. A piece
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Late 19th Century Danish Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

Antique Oil Painting of Smiling Woman in a Garden by Georg Seligmann
Located in Round Top, TX
loss at the bottom around the chair legs as well as some gilt and gesso loss to the frame.
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Early 20th Century Danish Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Late 19th Century American Oil Painting of Niagara Falls
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
gesso gilded frame.
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Late 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wool, Canvas

19th Century Rectangular Golden Mirror with Foxed Glass
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
from France. The mirror has a wooden frame, decorated with gesso and gilded with gold leaf. A delicate
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique 19th Century French Grain Painted Rosewood Louis Philippe Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
pine frame that was smoothened with gesso. The mirror frame is painted to resemble rosewood with a
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Pine, Paint

Woman in Forest Landscape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. Framed in a heavy period gold gilt gesso moulding. Framed size: 31.25" x 35.75". Canvas size: 21.5" x
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1860s Barbizon School Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Le Depart - Man Gets off Horse
By Maximilien Luce
Located in Miami, FL
lower right “Luce”. Housed in a fine gesso decorated gilt frame with linen liner. Back stretcher marked
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1880s Post-Impressionist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

Antique 19th Century French Oval Gold Gilt Louis Philippe Mirror with Crest
Located in Casteren, NL
mirror has a solid limewood frame smoothened with gesso. The mirror was enriched with a finely detailed
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Early 19th Century French Mantle Mirror of Exceptional Proportions
Located in Hastings, GB
A quite extraordinary gilt French mirror, dating to the early 1800’s, the huge scale gilt gesso
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Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Old Baroque Pastoral Landscape 17th century Oil Painting by Dutch Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
more recent golden gesso fancy frame. Size in frame ca: 54.5 x 74.5 cm (roughly 21.5 x 29.3 in
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17th Century Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Oil, Wood Panel

Antique 19th Century Polished Gold Gilt French Louis Philippe Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
frame smoothened with gesso. The upper rounded corners are typical for the French Louis Philippe style
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Iron and Marble Console Table with Matching Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
frame has gesso decoration and is in good condition A really attractive pair in good attractive
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Mid-19th Century Empire Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Marble

Extremely Large Gilt and Gesso Frame, circa 1900
Located in York, GB
Extremely large gilt and gesso frame, circa 1900. Some small losses throughout the frame
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Late 19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

High Victorian Giltwood and Gesso Framed Mirror
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
High Victorian giltwood and Gesso framed cushion effect mirror elaborately decorated with tear drop
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1870s European High Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

1920s Round Mirror in polished white Gesso Frame.
Located in New York, NY
Understated yet elegant c1920 Round Mirror in a polished white gesso frames. This mirror speaks
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Early 20th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Mirror

19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Framed Pier Mirror
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
19th century giltwood and gesso framed pier glass, with original silvered mirror from Luddington
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1870s English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Large 1906 Gilt and Gesso Frame
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Great graphic wood and gesso gilt and painted frame. Wonderful dimensional leaf detail surrounding
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Early 20th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Paint, Gesso

Adam Style Gesso Framed Mirror
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Adam style framed gesso mirror with bevelled edge mirror plate and ribbon decoration, late 19th
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1890s Adam Style Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Massive Size 19th Century French Louis XIV Pier Mirrors Gold Gilt Gesso Frames
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century French Louis XIV pier mirrors gold gilt gesso frames. Sold individually. 93" H
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Mirror in gilt gesso frame - French
Located in Stamford, CT
Offered here is a fabulous mirror made from 9 individual mirrors held together with small bronze roundels.
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Italian Gilt wood and Gesso Frame Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
Carved wood frame mirror in gilt and gesso.
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19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

Pair of French Oak and Gilt Gesso Frames with Prints, circa 1900
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
gilt gesso decoration. The frames of Lovely gilt floral decoration increasingly hard to find in pairs
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Early 1900s French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Glass, Oak, Giltwood

Antique oil on canvas of landscape with shepherd and sheep in gilt gesso frame.
Located in Atlanta, GA
, though the overall framed piece is 20.50 wide and 18.50 tall. The frame is a giltwood gesso style
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Late 19th Century English French Provincial Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood

French Regence style gilt gesso mirror
Located in Kensington, MD
French Regence style water and oil gilt gesso framed mirror, beaded and gadrooned around entire
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Spectacular Antique Gesso Mirror
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful floral carved gesso frame with later mirror. Goes equally well with antique/traditional
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19th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

A Pair Of French Oak and Gilt Gesso Frames Circa 1900 With Hand Coloured Prints
Located in Heathfield, GB
gilt gesso decoration. The frames of Lovely gilt floral decoration Increasingly hard to find in pairs
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Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Very Large Gilt Framed Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oversized giltwood and gesso frame with later mirror, France circa 1900. Unfortunately gilding
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Early 20th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Mirror

Large Gesso Mirror
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A superb and large gilded gesso frame with a heavily foxed mirror plate. Frame circa 1860 the
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1860s English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror

Carved Gesso giltwood mirror
Located in New York, NY
A carved gesso frame with a gadroon carved swan neck pediment, the pediment centered by
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Pair of Regence style gilt gesso mirrors
Located in Kensington, MD
Regence style gilt gesso frames, gadrooned sides, top and bottom with open shell central crest
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Distressed George III Period Rectangular Gilded Gesso Wall Mirror, circa 1800
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The very attractive George III period gilded gesso framed wall mirror of rectangular form, the
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1790s English George III Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror

Saint Anthony Retablo with Orginial Frame
Located in Austin, TX
19th-C, Central Highlands, Mexico, c1898, painted canvas, period carved wood, gesso frame
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Regency Carved Giltwood and Gesso Convex Mirror of Grand Proportions
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
circular giltwood and gesso frame with an old mercury plate and ebonised receded mount sits above a crisply
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1820s British Antique Gesso Frames

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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.