When you search for gold oval framed art, you meet centuries of portraiture and landscape bound within curved borders of giltwood, wood, and metal.
Several portraits quietly preserve small domestic companions, capturing a beloved dog or a basket of fruit alongside the human sitter.
![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)
