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Regency Oval Silk Embroidery of a Shepherdess
Located in New York, NY
foliage. The figure's face and feet painted. Set within a carved gilt gesso ol frame with a cobalt blue
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Silk

Sarah Porter, "Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells" Engraving, circa 1770
Located in Lowestoft, GB
, engraved by William Pether circa 1770, glazed in ebonised, gilt & gesso wood frame. Age related browning
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Late 18th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Glass, Pine, Paper

Very Large 19th Century 3 Dimensional French Baroque Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
original, it is in good condition as is the frame with only very minor losses to the Gesso decoration
Category

Mid-19th Century Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Antique English Oil Painting, Country Scene by Yeend King
Located in Los Angeles, CA
listing from w bager, at st Johns wood, London. Painted on board. Frame has some damage to the gesso and
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

Early 19th C Gold Mirror Petite, Louis XVI Style
Located in Hastings, GB
An early 19th century mirror petite, in the Louis XVI style, Circa 1830 Gilded gesso over carved
Category

1830s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Antique 19th Cnt French Louis XVI Gold Leaf Gilt Oval Mirror with Facetted Glass
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century. The mirror has a solid pine oval frame smoothened with gesso and decorated with ornaments
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century French Louis XV Period Flower Still Life Trumeau Wall Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
. /63,5 cm) within a rectangular giltwood frame with floral gesso carving and an ornamental Louis XV
Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Pair Fine Quality French Gilt Salon Chairs circa 1880
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
giving it a genuine slightly faded shabby look, but there are no holes or tears The carved Gesso and
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Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Surprise in the Woods by S. Martin Painting
By Sylvester Martin
Located in Guaynabo, PR
painting is highlighted by a beautiful heavy carved and giltwood and gesso overlapped laurel leaves frame.
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19th Century German Other Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

George I Mirror in the Manner of John Belchier
Located in Greenwich, CT
frame with carved gesso foliate design and punched decoration. John Belchier is known to have
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Early 18th Century English George I Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century China Trade Pair of Portraits of Sea Captain and Wife
Located in Nantucket, MA
Century hand carved gesso and gilded. One frame is missing one corner molding, and the other a narrow
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1850s Hong Kong Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Eugène Galien-Laloue "Theatre du Chatelet" Watercolor and Gouache
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Galien Laloue' lower left, within a giltwood and gesso carved frame and behind a protective glass. The
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within its original gilt wood and gesso carved frame. A crown of
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

A Jolly Time -- German Genre Tavern Painting, 1918
Located in Soquel, CA
size: 39.5"H x 55"W. We have the original frame which needs some extensive repair to the gesso. Happy
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1910s Realist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Linen, Oil

Small Gilt Oval Frame with Handk Drawn Deep Convex Mirror
By Stephen Cavallo
Located in New York, NY
Small gilt oval frame with handk drawn deep convex mirror Overall size: H 22" x W 18". Finished
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17th Century American Adam Style Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

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 Giltwood and Gesso Frame
By Rocco Lodise
Located in London, GB
19th century giltwood and gesso frame decorated with laurel wreath and fruits.    
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Beaux Arts Gold Leaf and Gesso Frame, likely British, circa 1880-90
Located in Hallowell, US
Rabbit size: 28" x 36 Really good American or English gilt Gesso Frame, Barbizon late 19th C
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1890s English Barbizon School Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Frame
By Brocot Delettrez
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century gold leaf cover frame decorate in flower motifs.
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood, Gesso

19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Frame
By Rocco Turzi Decoration
Located in London, GB
A highly detailed late 19th century gold metal leaf cover frame decorated in golden floral motifs.
Category

Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

19th Century French Giltwood and Gesso Frame
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century frame with moulded gesso decoration finished with gold leaf and gold paint. Interior
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Late 19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Pine

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 ebonized reeded mount sits above a crisply
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1820s English Regency Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood, Gesso

Florentine Monumental Pair Florentine Rococo Style Giltwood and Gesso Mirrors
Located in Pasadena, CA
elaborately scrolled giltwood and gesso frames. These eye-catching accessories make a lavish statement in any
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

PORTUGESE WALL MIRROR
Located in New York, NY
PORTUGESE MIRROR WITH CARVED GILT GESSO FRAME
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Antique Scottish Gilt Gesso Mirror Daniel Miller Carver Gilder
By Daniel Miller
Located in Pataskala, OH
This is an antique wall mirror has painted gilt gesso frame has a beautiful ghosted effect across
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Early 20th Century Scottish Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

Louis XVI Style Banquette , 19th Cent. Carved Frame
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI Style ‘Banquette’ with rectangular padded seat. Carved gilt-gesso frame (c.1880) is
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood, Paint, Upholstery

Pair of 19th Century English Regency Mirrors with Cobalt Glass Filet
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of simple and elegant English Regency-period mirrors with gesso frames, cobalt glass filet.
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1830s English Antique Gesso Frames

American portrait dated 1891 by William E. Marshall
Located in Dallas, TX
American portrait dated 1891 by William E. Marshall in original gilded carved wood and gesso frame
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19th Century American Antique Gesso Frames

Mid-19th Century Signed Oil on Panel Depicting a Rural Scene
By Eugène Verboeckhoven
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
gesso frame.      
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1860s European High Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

19th c. Italian Oval Mirror.
Located in Houston, TX
Painted and gilded wood and gesso frame with a round beveled mirror. The mirror is overlaid with a
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Wood

Luis Bron Landscape
By Luis Bron
Located in Kensington, MD
Oil on Canvas by Luis Bron 1884-1959 in original Barbizon gesso frame. 20"x 24"canvas size View
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Wood

1880 Belle Epoque Grand Trumeau
Located in Mobile, AL
putti and a fantastic gesso frame. An attention-grabber of exquisite proportion.
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Original Seascape by W H Williamson
Located in Beaconsfield, GB
oil on canvas, signed and dated in a large giltwood gesso frame.
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

Original Seascape by W.H Williamson
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
oil on canvas, signed and dated in a large giltwood gesso frame.
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1860s English Antique Gesso Frames

A Transitional Baroque and Rococo Mirror
Located in New York, NY
A transitional baroque and rococo mirror having a carved gesso frame with rococo embellishments of
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18th Century and Earlier English George II Antique Gesso Frames

19th Century French Gilded Gesso 15x21 Picture Frame
Located in Hallowell, US
19th century French Gilded Gesso picture frame. 15.5x21 French 1870 Gilded Gesso picture frame
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

c. 1915 - 20 American Modernist frame, gesso and gold leaf on wood
Located in New York, NY
c. 1915 - 20 American Modernist frame, gesso and gold leaf on wood; scalloped outer profile
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

European 22x27 inch Gilt Gesso Ornamented Picture Frame circa 1850
Located in Hallowell, US
Gilt Gesso ornamented picture framerame, European, 1850. Rabbet dimensions: 22" x 27" Frame
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Mid-19th Century European Louis XIV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Late 18th Century Oil on Board Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Woodbury, CT
original gilt-gesso frame. Oil on board. American or English. Late 18th century. Measures: 14.5
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1780s Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

American 24x33 inch Hudson River Gilded Gesso Picture Frame Circa 1875
Located in Hallowell, US
Gilded Gesso Picture Frame, American, 1875. Rabbet Dimensions: 24" x 33.5" Frame profile: 5
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Spanish Reverse Painting Our Lady of Sorrows
Located in Cookeville, TN
”. The painting is enclosed by an arched, gilded wood and gesso frame. The frame is carved with open work
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19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

Spanish Reverse Painting Saint Joseph with the Christ Child
Located in Cookeville, TN
Joseph with the Christ Child. It is enclosed by an arched, gilded wood and gesso frame and carved with
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19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Glass

Late 19th Century English Landscape Painting Set in Gilt Frame
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
lower left Frame 64.5 x 85 cm / 25 1/2 x 33 1/2 in Frame Set in original Victorian gilt gesso
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19th Century English Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

Early 19th Century Gilded Wall Mirror French Mirror
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
gesso frame with floral decoration to corners. This antique mirror retains its original glass, gilt and
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Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

19th Century French Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
with flowers, in carved gilt wood and gesso frame with a pierce carved bow at the crest, unsigned, 22"h
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood, Mixed Media, Canvas

Victorian Giltwood Oval Marginal Plate Mirror
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
gesso frame equally interspersed with attractive cartouche decoration. The outer rim with applied leaf
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1870s English Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

19th Century French Gilded Pier Mirror H111cm
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
imperfections is gilded and moulded gesso frame with decorative floral corners to the top and bottom and
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Enamel Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque by E. Damandre
Located in Pasadena, CA
ornate gilt gesso frame. Weight approximate, 4 lbs Measures approximate, visible plaque: 6.825
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1880s European Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Porcelain

Large Gilded Frame
Located in Culver City, CA
This wonderful large wooden frame has detailed applied plaster patterns that have been gilt with
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Mid-19th Century European Empire Revival Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Plaster, Wood

Warwickshire Country Cottage - watercolour, 19th century, landscape
Located in York, North Yorkshire
gilt gesso frame this painting is also glazed and ready to hang Free shipping within the UK mainland
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19th Century Naturalistic Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Watercolor

Hepplewhite Federal Mahogany and Gilt Mirror Made by George F. of New York
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
figured mahogany and gesso frame, with carved giltwood decoration to the sides and a shaped mahogany
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1790s American Federal Antique Gesso Frames

A Group of Three Fine and Impressive Naive School Family Portraits
Located in London, GB
Oils on Canvas, Retaining the Original Decorative, Painted Wood and Gesso Frames C.1840 Graphically
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19th Century British Folk Art Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

English Geo II gilt and walnut veneered looking glass
Located in Kenilworth, IL
are carved & gilt gesso framing the bevel cut mirror (replaced). England, mid-1700’s. Some veneer
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Gesso Frames

Early 20th c Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Italian Frame
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large gesso and giltwood Rococo style frame intricately carved with a solid inner section and an
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Large 19th c. Victorian Gilt and Composition Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular-form elaborately carved with floral and ribbon bands divided and flanked by acanthus and bellflower swags at the center and each corner. 
Category

19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

French Enamel Hand Painted Metal Plaque Beauty by E. Damandre, 1889
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
in an ornate gilt gesso frame. Additional Information: Primary Material: Ceramic Style: French
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Ceramic

Three Oval French Louis XVI Style Frames with Ribbon Decoration
Located in Antwerp, BE
A group of three elegant Louis XVI French wood frames with gesso decoration. Center frame shown
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Pine

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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.