Round Image Victorian Frame

This round aperture Victorian Louis XV Rococo revival frame came in recently for some restoration work.

Round Mirror Frame

This 18th/19th Century round mirror frame had many layers of later applied gilding and paint, here it is being stripped and a more original gold leaf finish will be restored. This is another frame for the Belmont project.

Carved Tondo Frame

Bronze gilt finish

Here are 5 of the 6 frames which have just been finished in an antique bronze coloured gilt effect. All of the frames needed an awful lot of work filling missing areas of gesso, and it is unusual for such a dark bronze finish to be used on antique frames (usually we are removing it!) but the bronze theme is an important part of the clients design brief.

Another round antique frame

Here is another round antique frame, probably early 19th Century. It is an English Neo- classical profile, just a deep cove with triple half round outer moulding with about 8 cross ribbons, and a leaf tip sight edge. One thing I love about antique frames, which I have been meaning to mention before, is the bole colour. They seem to have a subtlety which is not seen in off-the-shelf bole colours and can only be achieved with careful mixing. The pinks, reds, yellows, and especially the greys/blacks of the bole on antique frames really do add something to the quality of how a frame looks.

Very cool round frame

An unusual very deep round frame with laurel leaf and berry compo pattern. It needs a huge amount of filling/sanding, and will have an antique bronze finish to go in a contemporary interior as a mirror.

Big pierced mirror frame