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Good Victorian Gilt Picture Frame No 31
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Good Victorian Gilt Picture Frame No 31

19th century
Description

This is an excellent 19th century gilt frame with original gilding and inner gilt slip.

The frame gilt measures 60 cms x 50 cms overall. The aperture is 39.3 x 29.2 cms.

The rebate at the back for the picture is 41.5 by 31.5 cms .

With the slip removed the apperture is 44 x 34 and the rebate becomes 45.5 x 35.5

UK insured packing and delivery is £15

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Victorian Gilt Picture Frame to the 1880s.

Independent Date Check ID 08865725
Dealer's Item Date1880s
Sellingantiques Date1880s
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-160 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1880s:
Fine crazing across the composition moulding: natural drying of nineteenth-century materials.
Gilded inner slip: standard Victorian framing practice for oils and watercolours.
Darkened hollows across the fluting: decades of undisturbed oxidisation and handling.
Oxidised iron screw eyes on reverse: typical Victorian hanging hardware.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Physical Dimensions
Height
60cm (23.62")
Width
50cm (19.69")
Reference Numbers
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SA1123675
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Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in Wolsingham in Weardale where we have had shop premises for 28 years. The shop is generally open every Saturday from 11 am till 3 pm.

You are most welcome to visit the shop but please always check to confirm we are open before travelling. We have been in the antiques trade for well over thirty years now and stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items specialising in carpets and Eastern and Oriental items as well as Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings, prints, ceramics and clocks.

We can arrange worldwide delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.

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Description
This is an excellent 19th century gilt frame with original gilding and inner gilt slip.

The frame gilt measures 60 cms x 50 cms overall. The aperture is 39.3 x 29.2 cms.

The rebate at the back for the picture is 41.5 by 31.5 cms .

With the slip removed the apperture is 44 x 34 and the rebate becomes 45.5 x 35.5

UK insured packing and delivery is £15

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Victorian Gilt Picture Frame to the 1880s.

Independent Date Report ID 08865725
Dealer's Item Date1880s
Sellingantiques dating1880s
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-160 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1880s:
Fine crazing across the composition moulding: natural drying of nineteenth-century materials.
Gilded inner slip: standard Victorian framing practice for oils and watercolours.
Darkened hollows across the fluting: decades of undisturbed oxidisation and handling.
Oxidised iron screw eyes on reverse: typical Victorian hanging hardware.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
60cm (23.62")
Width
50cm (19.69")
Reference Numbers
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SA1123675
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A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip.
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Archive I A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip.

Good Victorian Gilt Picture Frame No 31

Archive II A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View II
Archive III A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View III
Archive IV A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View IV
Archive V A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View V
Archive VI A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View VI
Archive VII A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View VII
Archive VIII A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip. View VIII
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A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip.
Good Victorian Gilt Picture Frame No 31
Ref: SA1123675
A rectangular Victorian giltwood picture frame featuring fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, and a smooth gold slip.
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  • ObjectPicture Frames
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialGiltwood, Gesso, Gold Leaf
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsFluted moulding, Acanthus leaf corners, Bead moulding
  • SizeH 60 cm (24 in) x W 50 cm (20 in)

Good Victorian gilt picture frame, originating from 1880 in the Victorian style. The piece is constructed from giltwood, gesso and gold leaf with a gold finish, showing original gilding. The surface displays fluted cove moulding, acanthus corner accents, bead moulding along the inner borders, and a smooth inner gold slip. The overall frame measures 60 cm high by 50 cm wide, with multiple rebate dimensions available depending on configuration. Suitable for placement above the mantel in a living room, study or hallway today, this frame houses artwork or mirrors securely. The rich gold tones coordinate with traditional interiors, adding classic Victorian decorative detailing to a wall display.

FAQs

Victorian gilt picture frames were produced during the nineteenth century, characterised by deep profiles, intricate mouldings, and gold leaf applications over gesso preparations. They were widely manufactured to house oil portraits, landscapes, and mirror plates.

These frames were constructed with a softwood pine base core covered in plaster or gesso composition (compo) mouldings. The surface was then finished using water gilding or oil gilding techniques with thin gold leaf sheets.

Authentic pieces exhibit natural age signs such as fine cracking (craquelure) in the gesso, red or dark clay bole peeking through rubbed gold leaf, and hand-cut wooden joinery on the reverse backboard.

An antique gilt frame can be used as a striking contrast item by placing contemporary modern art inside it, or hung unmounted as an architectural wall object within a minimal gallery wall.

Dust the surface gently using a soft, dry camel-hair brush, avoiding water, chemical solvents, or damp cloths which dissolve gesso and detach fragile gold leaf.
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