Antique Frames Selection | Eli Wilner and Company

“The frame is the reward for the artist.”

Edgar Degas

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		*1. Edwin Walter Dickinson, Screen Door* Period American frame, c. 1930’s, carved and silver gilded. Painting from a private collection, Edwin Walter Dickinson, Screen Door, oil on canvas, 24” x 23 3/4”.


		*2. Henry Peters Gray, The Spirit Of The Times, c. 1861* Antique American frame, c. 1860’s, incised liner, applied ornament and gilded. Painting from a private collection, Henry Peters Gray, The Spirit Of The Times, 1861, oil on canvas, 9” x 7”.


		*3. Anna Falconnet Hunter, Young Child, c. 1883* Original Stanford White frame, c. 1890’s, applied ornament and gilded, from the Eli Wilner & Company Collection. Painting from a private collection, Anna Falconnet Hunter, Young Child (Artist’s Niece) [Miss Anna Dunn], 1883, oil on canvas, 18 1/2” x 9 1/4”.


		*4. George Cochran Lambdin, A Recruiting Party, c. 1864* Antique American frame, c. 1870, applied ornament and gilded, from the Eli Wilner & Company Collection. Painting from a private collection, George Cochran Lambdin, A Recruiting Party, 1864, oil on canvas, 10 1/2” x 14”.


		*5. Dale Nichols, Haying, c. 1948* Period American frame, modernist style, c. 1930’s-40’s, painted and rubbed surface, from the Eli Wilner & Company Collection. Painting from a private collection, Dale Nichols, Haying, 1948, oil on canvas, 22 1/4” x 34 1/8”.


		*6. Charles Sprague Pearce, Returning Home, c. 1890’s* Antique American frame, c. 1890, applied ornament and gilded. Painting from a private collection, Charles Sprague Pearce, Returning Home, 1890’s, oil on canvas, 29” x 23 1/2”.


		*7. Edward H. Potthast, Souvenir of Canada* Antique American frame, c. 1900, applied ornament and gilded. Painting from a private collection, Edward H. Potthast, Souvenir of Canada, oil on canvas, 24” x 36”.


		*8. Julius LeBlanc Stewart, Woman In An Interior, c. 1895* Antique American frame, c. 1885-95, applied ornament and gilded, from the Eli Wilner & Company Collection. Painting from a private collection, Julius LeBlanc Stewart, Woman In An Interior, 1895, oil on canvas, 36” x 25 1/2”.


		*9. Abbott H. Thayer, Pensive Model* Antique Stanford White style frame, c. 1900, applied ornament and gilded. Painting from a private collection, Abbott H. Thayer, Pensive Model, oil on canvas, 18 3/4” x 14”.


		*10. Albert Bierstadt* Antique American frame, c. 1860’s, applied ornament and gilded. Painting from a private collection, Albert Bierstadt, oil on panel, 4” x 7 3/16”.

		*11. Albert Bierstadt, Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm, 1869* American period frame, circa 1870 with leafy acanthus patter in the cove and a laurel leaf and berry motif at top edge. Museum purchase, through the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell K. Christie Acc.#60.1. Period frame: Accession #1990.22 Museum Purchase, with funds provided by William Wilson Corcoran, Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm, 1869, oil on canvas, 29 1/2" x 49 1/2".


		*12. Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstraction-Red and Blue, c. 1916* Period American frame, c. 1930’s, carved and silver gilded. Painting from a private collection, Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstraction-Red and Blue, 1916, watercolor on paper, 11 7/8” x 8 7/8”.


		*13. Fitz Henry Lane, Boston Harbor, 1856* American period frame, c.1850s, with sanded cove, applied composition ornament with a twig top rail accented by a foliate motif clustered at the corners and centers, and a gilded surface. Collection of the Amon Carter Museum, Boston Harbor, 1856, oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 42 1/2".


		*14. Winslow Homer, A Light on the Sea, 1897* American period frame, circa 1900 wide, flat gilded oak with a twist ornament near the slight edge. Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund Acc. Period Frame: Acc. #2000.5. Gift of The Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and a partial gift of Eli Wilner & Company, A Light on the Sea, 1897, oil on canvas, 28 1/4" x 48 1/4".