When you search for an antique painted frame, you encounter surrounds that house oil paintings, portraits and watercolours spanning multiple centuries.
Some frames boast intricate fluting and deep hollows designed so masterfully that viewers spend more time admiring the timber than the portrait inside.
![17th Century Portrait Circle of Michael Dahl,of Sir William Cowper [1639-1706]](https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/photosnew/dealer_countryhousefineart/dealer_countryhousefineart_full_1525617097668-7609063232.jpg)
