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Antique 19th Century Ornate Carved Foliate Giltwood Photo Picture Frame Rippled
Located in Dorking, Surrey
Antique giltwood frame with original rippled glass, gilt mount and chain, circa 19th century
Category

19th Century British Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Other

Hand Carved Louis 16th Style Frame
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Hand Carved Louis 16th Style Frame with gesso wash. 19th Century backing. Needs
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18th Century and Earlier American Antique Gesso Frames

Mid-19th Century Oil on Canvas: Sweet Magnolias
Located in Middletown, MD
giltwood and gesso frame of the period displaying elegant scroll and gold leaf detailing. Oil on canvas
Category

Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Antique French Gilt Bronze Brass Beveled Glass Photo Frame Picture Holder Stand
Located in Dorking, Surrey
Lovely antique French gilt and beveled glass photograph frame with a brass tied ribbon bow at the
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Other, Ormolu

17th Century Merchant, English School
Located in Bristol, GB
and half buttoned suit, within a foliate gilt gesso frame, oil on canvas, 61 cm high x 46 cm wide
Category

17th Century English School Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

Superb Quality Antique Hand Carved High Relief Gilt Wood Photo Frame Circa 19th
Located in London, GB
solid wood frame (not gesso) with original gold patination. Made in the late 19th century from thick
Category

1890s European Baroque Revival Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Superb Quality Pair Antique Hand Carved High Relief Gilt Wood Photo Frames 19th
Located in London, GB
Solid wood frames (not gesso) with original gold patination. Made in the late 19th century from thick
Category

1890s European Baroque Revival Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Wood

Antique Large Quality Victorian Full Length Gilt Hall Wall Mirror
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
lovely mirror, that is full of age, charm and character. Gilt (real gilding) wood and gesso frame with
Category

19th Century British Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Elegant Hearst s Magazine Cover Girl
By Penrhyn Stanlaws
Located in Minneapolis, MN
glass in its original, ornate wood gesso frame that is beautifully carved and painted. The detail and
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1910s Other Art Style Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Pastel

Floral Still Life by Severin Roesen
By Severin Roesen
Located in New Oxford, PA
Oil on canvas Original wood, gilt and gesso frame Measure: H 40"; W 35" A superb example of a
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1860s American American Classical Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

Jean-Francois-Gerard Fontallard French W/C Painting of a Beauty
Located in New York, NY
dress. She is wearing gold earring. Mounted in gilt gesso frame and under glass front. Jean Francois
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18th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paper

T C Hofland (1777-1843) English Oil on Board c. 1810
Located in Heathfield, GB
. This beautiful landscape dates from c. 1810 and is oil on board with original giltwood and gesso fine
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

18th Century Oil on Canvas Forest Nymph with Mistletoe Garland
Located in East Sussex, GB
gesso frame of considerable age and probably original, both frame and painting in excellent condition
Category

1780s British George III Antique Gesso Frames

Antique Large Quality French Gilt Wall Mirror A. Broquart, circa 1900
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
de Miroiterie Bordeaux'. Giltwood and gesso frame with no major losses. This is a lovely mirror
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Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Albert Henry Collings (1868-1947) oil on canvas Yasmin in gypsy headscarf
Located in London, GB
example comes from a deceased family descendant. The work is complete with its original gilded gesso frame
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint

“A Rest by the Stream”
By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)
Located in Knutsford, GB
canvas in a recent gilt wood & gesso frame.
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

ABS, Canvas, Oil

18th Century English Portrait of a Gentleman in a Blue Coat with his Dog
By John Vanderbank
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
portraits. It is presented ready to hang in a remarkable 19th century gilt wood and gesso frame. John
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1720s Old Masters Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

Victorian Oval Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
gesso clad wire frame. Gilt finish. Ready to hand.  
Category

19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

“Across the Common”
By Sidney Richard Percy
Located in Knutsford, GB
lower left. Oil on canvas in a new English made swept gilt wood & gesso frame.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

ABS, Canvas, Oil

Gilt Cross Framed Mirror
Located in Alton, GB
Beautifully detailed cross frame mirror with flower designs the whole way around the frame
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso

Framed Water Colour
Located in Seattle, WA
frame
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood, Gesso, Glass

18th Century Carved Giltwood Gesso Mirror with Candle Sconces
Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB
cartouche above a gesso carved frame with carved giltwood scrolling acanthus, the base centred by a shell
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Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Brass

Gustavian Antique 19th c.Gilded Frame Mirror
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Austrian 19 thc Mirror in a gilded frame
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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Wood

19th Century Gold Gilt Frame/New Mirror
Located in Irvington, NY
19th Century Restored Gold Gilt Frame/New Mirror
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold

Late 19th Century Faux Bois Mirror Frame
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mirror with asymmetrical borders in plaster, painted and gilded to resemble twigs and foliate ribbons; central cartouche at the top rail; new antiqued mirror plate.
Category

1880s Unknown Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Paint, Plaster

18th C Painting in a 19th C gilt frame
Located in New Orleans, LA
gilt frame is 19th C Italian. Painting only measures 18 inch wide x 14 in high
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Wood, Glass, Gesso

Audubon s "Little Owl, "1834 Havell Edition in Gilt 19th Century Frame
By John James Audubon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
magnificent Renaissance Revival frame. Audubon traveled extensively throughout the United States recording
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1830s English American Classical Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood, Paper

18th Century Water Gilt Carved Frame Mirror
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
An 18th century carved giltwood framed wall mirror. The central plate replaced but with original
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood, Wood

Italian Large Gilt Framed Two-Section Pier Mirror
Located in Middleburg, VA
Beautiful large decorative two section gilt pier mirror. The mirror is dated on the back 1916. Fabulous for an entrance hall.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror

Victorian Engraving of "The Departure" by Abraham Solomon in Antique Gilt Frame
Located in Houston, TX
frame is gold leaf over gesso and plaster on wood. The back shows the framer information, which was
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1850s English High Victorian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

English Edwardian Gold Mirror with Urn and Trailing Leaves Surmounting the Frame
Located in Wells, ME
English Edwardian gold mirror with urn and trailing leaves surmounting the rectangular frame. This
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Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold

19th Century French Notaire Documents in a Louis Philippe Silver Gilt Frame
Located in Cardiff, CA
This is a beautifully framed collage of French documents handwritten in the lost art of inky script
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1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Paper, Wood

French Regency Beveled Mirror with Gold Giltwood Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
beveled mirror and elaborate frame with exceptional carving. This is truly an exceptional mirror in every
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Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

George III Oval Mirror with a Carved Giltwood Floral Frame
By John Linnell
Located in Babworth, Retford
The oval frame with floral carving and scrolling leaves enclosing the original mercury glass plate
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1760s English George III Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Gesso, Giltwood

Mirror With Antique Carved Wood Frame
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Wonderful old carved wood frame with visible gesso and gilt in some areas and a new mirror plate
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Mirror, Wood

17th Century Carved Italian Baroque Frame, with Choice of Mirror
Located in London, GB
stylized foliage on a hazzled ground incised in gesso at the corners. The frame retains its original water
Category

Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mid-18th Century Carved British Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror
Located in London, GB
; all re-cut in the gesso. The frames original oil and water gilding finish is intact. Further
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century French Provençal Louis XV Rococo Frame, with Choice of Mirror
Located in London, GB
-cut in the gesso. The frame retains its well preserved original matte and burnished water gilding
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18th Century French Rococo Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

1st Half 18th Century Carved Late Baroque French Frame, with Choice of Mirror
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and rare 1st half 18th century hand carved French, Provincial late Baroque frame
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18th Century French Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

17th Century French Late Louis XIV- Early Régence Frame, with Choice of Mirror
Located in London, GB
-cut in the gesso. The frame retains its well preserved original matte and burnished water gilding and
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17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Hand-Carved Oval Mirror
Located in Fulton, CA
19th century oval beveled mirror in hand carved wood frame. Original gesso finish. Diminutive size
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

"JUST" C.H. French Mantel Clock
By Hour Lavigne
Located in Bronx, NY
, one finds a vine of roses draping along the clock's gesso & wood frame. The gilt color is worn in
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Early 18th Century George I Giltwood Pier Mirror, in the Manner of J Belchier
Located in Suffolk, GB
gilding and plate, in the manner of John Belchier. The carved wood and gesso mirror frame retains the
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1720s English George I Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Terriers and Rats
By George Armfield
Located in buntingford, hertfordshire
coloured fur, the other black. In a Victorian gilt gesso moulded frame, 29cm x 38.5cm unframed Signed, G
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Mid-19th Century English School Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figural Landscape Oil Painting by Béla Juszkó
Located in Gallatin, TN
with horses at a trough Also signed, titled and stamped on verso Housed in a gold gesso wood frame
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Very Wearable
By Charles Sheldon
Located in Minneapolis, MN
restoration and or cleaning and is finely matted and framed in a period silver gesso art deco frame. Scan of
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1910s American Realist Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Ink, Board, Pen, Pencil

The Spoils of War
By Orson Lowell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
period ornate gold gesso antique frame and matted behind glass. Biography courtesy of ask art
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Ink, Pen

The Vanities
By Maurice Milliere
Located in Minneapolis, MN
matted in an oval window in a fine antique ornate gesso gold frame behind glass. Sight Size 15" x 18 1
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1920s Art Deco Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Fine Pair of 19th Century Girandole Circular Mirrors c. 1840
Located in Heathfield, GB
A very attractive and early pair of giltwood mirrors with pine carved frames with gesso and gilt
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19th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Handcolored Venice Photos
Located in New York, NY
Handcolored photos of Venice, three available, circa 1900, as framed in handmade combed gesso
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Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Handcolored Venice Photos
Located in New York, NY
Handcovered photos of Venice, three available, circa 1900 as framed in a handmade combed gesso
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Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Handcolored Venice Photos
Located in New York, NY
Handcolored photos of Venice, three available, circa 1900 as framed in a handmade combed gesso
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Early 1900s Antique Gesso Frames

Pair of 19th Century Italian Landscapes
Located in Savannah, GA
Oil on board, charming landscapes in original gesso and gold leaf frames.
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Paint, Wood

Continental Oil on Canvas Painting, Iris Goddess of the Rainbow, 18th Century
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
stretcher. Framed in a 19th Century gesso gilt wood frame. Additional Information: Painting Surface
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18th Century Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Painting after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Young Boys Playing Dice
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Miami, FL
gesso and wood exhibition frame. Frame: 66" x 54", canvas: 52" x 40".
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19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Gesso Frames

Portrait of a Bearded French Military Officer
Located in Vancouver, BC
gesso gilded wood frame of the period (frame has been repainted).
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1870s Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Oil

Antique Continental Figural Interior-scape Oil Painting
Located in Gallatin, TN
men, with one speaking emphatically to other two Housed in an antique gold gilt gesso wood frame
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Early 19th Century Northern Renaissance Antique Gesso Frames

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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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.