When you search for a gold gilt frame painting, you are looking at centuries of oil paint and carved wood designed to hold the eye.
Listings feature works from the 17th Century to the 1960s, executed in oil on canvas, giltwood, and wood.
![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)
