Antique Frame Replicas Selection | Eli Wilner and Company

“Will you please make two frames, same design and finish as preceding frames you made for me. Please give the finish your personal attention also that the design be not too heavy at the corners or centres. (On some of the smaller frames of my last order the corners and centres were made much larger than those of the first order.)”

Letter from Robert Henri to framemaker Albert Milch

Unlike conventional reproduction frames, the replica frames made by Eli Wilner & Company are created in much the same way as the original period frames. Carved frames and those with applied ornament are all carefully composed and then meticulously gilded and patinated to emulate the effects of age.

No frame design is generated in quantity, no replicas are made from copies, and each frame is made one at a time, with great care and artistry. Calling upon the unparalleled inventory of over 3,000 original period frames and art-historical expertise regarding period-appropriate styles the gallery is able to offer precise, faithful replicas, and to create unique objects.

The company is held in high regard by both institutions and private collectors for their expertise, the extensive inventory, and the superior quality of craftsmanship. This regard and confidence is evidenced by customers such as The White House, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Yale University Art Gallery and many private individuals.

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		*1. Louis Douzette, c. 1875* Eli Wilner & Company replica of a European, c. 1870’s, applied ornament and gilded frame. Painting from a private collection, Louis Douzette, 1875, oil on canvas, 11 3/8” x 18 3/8”.


		*2. Frida Kahlo, Roots, c. 1943* Eli Wilner & Company replica of an American frame c. 1920, shaped and silver gilded wood. For an oil painting by Frida Kahlo, sold at auction at Sotheby’s New York on May 24th, 2006 for $5,616,000. This set a new record for a woman artist.


		*3. Stephan Hannock, Chesapeake Bay, c. 1994* Eli Wilner & Company replica of an American, c. 1890’s, applied ornament and gilded frame. Stephan Hannock, Chesapeake Bay, 1994.


		*4. Rockwell Kent, Croquet Players, c. 1907* Eli Wilner & Company replica of an American, c. 1910, gilded frame. Painting from a private collection, Rockwell Kent, Croquet Players, 1907, oil on canvas, 33 1/2” x 43 1/2”.


		*5. View of Nevis, c. 1998* Original frame design by Eli Wilner, carved and gilded. Watercolor by Eli Wilner, View of Nevis, 1998, 13 3/4” x 16 5/8”.


		*6. Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar Au Chat, c. 1941* Eli Wilner & Company replica of a 19th century Dutch style frame, shaped and stained wood with inner gilded ornament. For and oil painting by Picasso, sold at auction at Sotheby’s New York on May 3rd, 2006 for $95,216,000.


		*7. Simon Parkes, c. 1998* Eli Wilner & Company molding of a Stanford White style frame. Simon Parkes, oil on canvas, 1998.


		*8. Rembrandt Peale, Equestrian Portrait of George Washington, c. 1800* Eli Wilner & Company carved replica of an early 19th century American frame with eagle on center top and shields at the corners. Painting from a private collection. Rembrandt Peale, Equestrian Portrait of George Washington, c. 1800, oil on panel, 29 1/2" x 24".


		*9. Theodore Wendel, Ten Pound Island, c. 1915* Eli Wilner & Company replica of a Foster Brothers frame, c. 1910, applied ornament and gilded. Painting from a private collection, Theodore Wendel, Ten Pound Island, c. 1915, oil on canvas, 30” x 36”.


		*10. Childe Hassam, The Flag Outside Her Window, April 1918 (The Boys Marching By), 1918* Eli Wilner & Company replica of a “Hassam frame” so-named due to the letter “H” that is incorporated into the design of the cassetta-style carved and gilded frame. Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, The Flag Outside Her Window, April 1918 (The Boys Marching By), 1918, oil on canvas, 32” x 28 3/8”.


		*11. Childe Hassam, Avenue in the Rain, 1917* Eli Wilner & Company replica of a “Hassam frame” so-named due to the letter “H” that is carved into the top rail of the cassetta-style carved and gilded frame. Gift of T.M. Evans, 1963, White House Collection, Avenue in the Rain, 1917, oil on canvas, 42”x 22 1/4”.


		*12. Edwin Lord Weeks, The Golden Temple of Amritsar, c. 1890* Eli Wilner & Company replica of a 19th century Orientalist style frame, applied ornament and gilded. Annmary Brown Memorial Collection, Brown University, The Golden Temple of Amritsar, c. 1890, oil on canvas 79 1/4” x 117 1/4”.


		*13. Frederic E Church, Sunrise Off the Coast (Mount Desert), 1863* Eli Wilner & Company replica of an American 1860’s frame, carved and gilded. Collection of the Wadsworth Athenum, Sunrise Off the Coast (Mount Desert), 1863, oil on canvas, 36 1/8” x 48”.


		*14. George Catlin, Catlin the Artist and Sportsman Relieving one of His Companions from an Unpleasant Predicament During His Travels in Brazil, 1854* Eli Wilner & Company replica of an American 1850's style frame with a sanded cove and gilded surface. Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Catlin the Artist and Sportsman Relieving one of His Companions from an Unpleasant Predicament During His Travels in Brazil, 1854, oil on canvas, 19 1/4” x 26 3/8”.


		*15. Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880), Morning In the Adirondacks* Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880), Morning In the Adirondacks, Oil on canvas, 50 1/4” x 42 1/4” Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas. Framed in an Eli Wilner replica of an American fluted cove style frame, circa 1860s, applied ornament and gilded.