Antique Florentine Hand Carved Frame with Allegorical Mythological Carvings

This rare Venetian frame entirely carved in high-relief shows a rich decor of scrolls, garlands, daisy flowers and thistles. At the four corners of the frame are depicted large acant...

Finely carved and gilded 19th century Italian frame. Features continuous pierced carving decorative design. Carved out of a solid piece of fruitwood, the example is in excellent cond...

Large Ornate French Rococo Style Carved Ornate Gilt Wood Frame. This gorgeous hand-crafted frame has lots of charming details including shell motifs and cross hatch features. This su...

An unusual and beautifully-carved wood frame. The carvings are in relief, so that the frame is quite deep. Original, ochre-yellow color. The piece has acquired a nice patina.

Italian frame, Renaissance revival from the middle of the 19th c. Firenze Massive carved pear tree., Signed "J. Garino" on left exterior side. Sight size: 32,5 x 24,3 cm Overall: 6...

An exuberant Continental well-executed Baroque carved wood picture frame , probably Italian. The paint appears to cover a formerly gilded frame. The back retains an old label in scri...

A spectacular and monumental early 18th Century Austrian carved frame. Almost certainly originally made as an ecclesiastical or architectural surround for an altarpiece, large painti...

Framework. Carved wood, late 17th-early 18th century. Rectangular frame that presents a "base structure" of straight lines, combining moldings of different widths and finishes (inside, a golden band with Fine plant details towards the corners; then a thin red one, and a wider green one, these two the latter imitating marble; outside, another fine gilt molding), enhanced with a series of carvings of vegetal elements in the corners (symmetrical composition), two ovoid elements on the long sides and a highly elaborate cresting with vegetal elements, rockeries, scrolls, flowers and imitation of fabrics (which are joined with those ovoid elements mentioned). The combination of red, green and gold is common in certain types of frames (compare, for example, with the terracotta of Salamanca made around the middle of the 16th century by Juan de Juni, which is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum). On it, a series of carvings with a lot of movement and depth have been added, showing Baroque influence (reminiscent in certain details of works such as the frame of the Immaculate Conception by Alonso Cano...

A spectacular and very large 18th Century ornately carved frame. Partially scraped and showing wonderful age and patina. This piece could hang as is or plated with glass or a picture...

This intricate two-tier frame was created in the early to mid 19th century. Made from hand carved wood with intricate cut-outs, this extraordinary frame was then built up into the m...