Early 20th Century Carved American Taos Frame

American arts and crafts - Taos frame

The next of my favourites from my new stock is this early 20th Century American arts and crafts frame. I would call this a Taos frame, but perhaps an American based blog watcher will confirm this? I think the design of this frame is amazing, it has sadly been re-gilded, as have a large number of the antique frames amongst the recent stock. This treatment is quite common by art dealers and galleries, just to have a uniform look to there frames and paintings, and just to cover up any wear and tear. 

Taos frame

This is the carved early/mid 20th Century American frame, which I picked up recently at a nearby auction, in a lot of 3 frames. It's known as a Taos frame and was developed around the Taos artistic movement of the early 20th Century. It's not a style I am that familiar with, but I do like many of the Taos style carved frames that I have seen, and they are an interesting variation on the early 20th Century American carved frames.
This seems to be one of the more common designs, but it's not something we see in England that often, so I think it's a good addition to my little collection.