When you search for a gold frame oil canvas, you enter a world of painted portraits, landscapes and marine scenes enclosed in gilded woodwork.
A terrier named Nettles once posed for an artist in 1867, forever immortalised inside a heavy rococo swept gilt gold leaf frame.
![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)
