A simple but really nice little antique watercolour frame with original gilding and composition ornament. I love the colour of bole on antique frames, this dusty pink is a classic.
Showing posts with label watercolour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label watercolour. Show all posts
Friday
Saturday
Restored Watercolour Frame
This 19th Century watercolour frame has just been repaired and restored. It had numerous losses to the ornament, and had been overpainted, it had also been gilded a couple of times. It has been cut down to fit a smaller painting, the composition missing has been replaced, and it has been regilded.
Wednesday
Victorian Watercolour Frame
A very delicate little Victorian watercolour frame, a hockey stick profile, just 1/2" wide with elaborate corner ornament.
Saturday
Watercolour Framing
A watercolour mounted with three layer museum mountboard, frame with paint and gilded finish.
Wednesday
Antique frame cut down
This nice gilded antique watercolour frame was cut down on one side to fit a smaller painting. Top photo shows before, the second photo shows after two cuts have been made, third photo shows the excess moulding that needs to be removed, and the last photo after the one side has been joined back to the frame.
Saturday
Wednesday
Float mounted watercolour
This watercolour by Broadway artist Pink Harrison is float mounted in a limed box frame. The painting has a piece of 3mm foamboard behind it, the foamboard is cut 1/2" less all round than the image size, this gives the floating effect. It is fixed to the back of the watercolour with a water activated adhesive paper tape. The foamboard is then fixed to the backing mountboard. A spacer keeps it all away from the glass, and the frame is a simple limed wood.
Friday
Floral watercolour
This watercolour was rather poorly float mounted using masking tape, I replaced this tape with a suitable water activated adhesive tape and mounted it with a green/grey single mount with a gold slip, it was then framed in a 3" wide swept frame.
