Eli Wilner and Company Bibliography

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Bibliography of Eli Wilner & Company Publications

Smeaton, Suzanne. "Embracing Realism: Frames of the Ashcan Painters, 1895-1925" , Life's Pleasures The Ashcan Artists' Brush With Leisure, 1895-1925, London/New York Detroit Institute of Arts with Merrell Publishers Limited, 2007. pp. 90-105.

- "The Importance of Scale in the Framing of Art." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1995.

Smeaton, Suzanne. "Identification, Connoisseurship and Valuation of American Frames of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Raleigh, North Carolina." Personal Property Journal of the American Society of Appraisers, Volume 12, No. 2, Spring 2000.

Smeaton, Suzanne and Nina Gray. "Within Gilded Borders: The Frames of Stanford White." American Art, National Museum of American Art: Smithsonian Institution, Spring 1993.

Smeaton, Suzanne. The Art of the Frame: American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period. New York: Eli Wilner & Company, 1988.

- "The Reward for the Artist." Sanford Smith Beaux-Arts Show Catalog March 1990. New York: Sanford Smith, 1990: pp. 8-10.

- "Frames in Context." Antiques and Fine Art, January/February 1991, Vol. VIII, No. 2, pp. 110-117.

- "American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period, 1870-1920." The Magazine Antiques, November 1989, pp. 1124-1137.

- "Period Frames on Contemporary Paintings." Picture Framing Magazine, September 1994, pp. 34-39.

- "A Perfect Marriage: Choosing the Right Frame for a Painting." Picture Framing Magazine, November 1994, pp. 8-16.

- "European Antecedents to American Picture Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, September 1994, pp. 34-39.

- "Modernist Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, May 1994, pp. 10-14.

- "Reproductions or Exact Replica Frames?" Picture Framing Magazine, March 1994, pp. 82-88.

- "Museums Redefine the Borders of Art." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1993, pp. 59-64.

- "Nineteenth Century Print and Drawing Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, December 1993, pp. 6-10.

- "Like a Setting for a Jewel." Picture Framing Magazine, September 1993, pp. 85-90.

- "Nineteen and Early Twentieth Century Portrait Frames in America." Picture Framing Magazine, June 1993, pp. 88-92.

- "Fluted Cove Frames: America in the 1860's." Picture Framing Magazine, December 1992, pp. 18-19.

- "Frame Restoration and Conservation." Picture Framing Magazine, December 1992, pp. 77-84.

- "American Frames of the 1850's." Picture Framing Magazine, November 1992, pp. 18-19.

- "The Reward for the Artist." Picture Framing Magazine, October 1992, pp. 64-68.

- "Eastlake Style Picture Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, July 1992, pp. 38-39.

- "The Frames of Frederick Harer." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1992, pp. 60-61.

- "The Arts and Crafts Period." Picture Framing Magazine, October 1991, pp. 90-92.

- "The Picture Frames of Charles Prendergast." Picture Framing Magazine, August 1991, pp. 66-67.

- "The Frame Designs of Stanford White." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1991, pp. 32-34.

- "Whistler Frames: An Extension of His Art." Picture Framing Magazine, November-December 1990, pp. 36-37.

Wilner, Eli et al The Gilded Edge. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 2000.

Wilner, Eli and Mervyn Kaufman. Antique American Frames: Identification and Price Guide. New York: Avon Books, 1995.

Wilner, Eli & Company Inc. The Art of the Frame: American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period. New York, 1988.

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Antique Frame Bibliography

Adair, William. The Frame in America, 1700-1900. Washington, D.C.: AIA Foundation, 1983.

Baird, Henry Carey. The Painter, Gilder and Varnishers Companion. H.C. Baird and Company, Philadelphia (Based on Watin, this book was reprinted throughout the 19th Century). See also Watin.

Baldwin, Charles C. Stanford White. New York: DeCapo Press, 1931.

Basso, Hamilton. "Profiles: A Glimpse of Heaven-II" New York: The New Yorker Magazine. August 3, 1946.

- "The Importance of Scale in Framing Art." Picture Framing Magazine. March 1995.

Brettel, Richard R. and Starling, Steven.: The Art of the Edge: European Frames 1300-1900. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

Burke, Doreen Bolger. Painters and Sculptors In a Decorative Age, "In Pursuit of Beauty." New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art of Art, Rizzoli, 1986. pp. 320-326.

Burns, Stanley. Forgotten Marriage: The Painted Tintype & The Decorative Frame 1860-1910, New York: Burns Press, 1995.

Cahn, Isabelle. Cadres de Peintres. Reunion Des Musees Nationaux: Hermann Editeurs Des Science et Des Arts, 1989.

- Degas's frames. The Burlington Magazine , April 1989.

Coburn, Frederick W. Individual Treatment of the Picture Frame. New York and London: International Studio, 1906.

Coles, William A. Hermann Dudley Murphy (1867-1945). Exhibition Catalog. New York: Graham Gallery, 1982.

Curry, David Park. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution in Association with W. W. Norton & Co., New York and London 1984.

Danly, Susan. For Beauty and for Truth: the William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life: catalogue by Susan Danly and Bruce Weber. Amherst, Massachusetts, The Trustees of Amherst College, 1998.

Dayton Art Institute. American Art from the Dicke Collection. The Dayton Art Institute, 1997.

DeMazia, Violette. "What's in a Frame?" Barnes Foundation Journal of the Art Department. Vol. 8, No. 2, Autumn 1977.

Derby, Carol. "Charles Prendergast's Frames: Reuniting Design and Craftsmanship." The Prendergasts & the Arts and Crafts Movement. Williams College Museum of Art, 1988. pp. 28-43.

Dolmetsch, Joan D. "Colonial America's Elegantly Framed Prints." The Magazine Antiques. May 1981. pp. 1106-1112.

Eastlake, Charles L. Hints on Household Taste. New York: Dover Publications, 1969.

Ferber, Linda and Gallati, Barbara Dayer. Masters of Color and Light: Homer, Sargent, and the American Watercolor Movement. Washington and London: The Brooklyn Museum of Art in association with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.

Gill, Tracy. One Hundred Years on the Edge: The Frame in America, 1820-1920. Santa Monica: Tatistcheff/Rogers, 1996.

Gray, Nina. "Frame Choices of the French Impressionists." Picture Framing Magazine. May 1995.

Gray, Nina and Smeaton, Suzanne. "Within Gilded Borders: The Frames of Stanford White." American Art. National Museum of American Art: Smithsonian Institution, Spring 1993.

Greenthal, Kathryn. Augustus Saint-Gaudens Master Sculptor. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985. pp. 122-124.

Grieve, Alastair. "The Applied Art of D.G Rosetti: 1. His Picture Frames." Burlington Magazine, Vol. 115, January 1973. pp. 16-24.

Grimm, Claus. The Book of Picture Frames. New York: Abaris Books, 1981.

Haboldt & Co. Portrait de L'Artiste: Images des Peintres 1600-1890. Paris: 1991.

Hamlin, A.D.F. A History of Ornament. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1973.

Harris, Cyril. Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.

Harvey, Eleanor Jones. The Painted Sketch: American Impressions From Nature 1830-1880. Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, 1998.

Harwood, Kathleen. "The Life of a Painting." Trinity News, Fall 1994.

Heckscher, Morrison H. "The Beekman Family Portraits and their Eighteenth-Century New York Frames", Furniture History, 1990.

- and Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Rococo, 1750-1775. New York: Abrams, 1992.

Heydenryk, Henry. The Art and History of Frames. New York: James H. Heinman, Inc., 1963.

- The Right Frame. New York: Lyons & Burford, 1964.

Hobbs, Susan. The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing Beauty Reconfigured. Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. pp.83-85.

Hoenigswald, Ann. "Vincent van Gogh: His Frames and the Presentation of Paintings." The Burlington Magazine. Volume CXXX, no. 1022, May 1988.

Horowitz, Ira. "Whistler's Frames." Art Journal. #39, Winter 1979-1980. pp. 124-131.

Jones, Harvey L. MATHEWS Masterpieces of the California Decorative Style. Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, 1980.

Katlan, Alexander W. American Artists' Materials Suppliers Directory - Nineteenth Century. New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1987. (From 1990 on: the Soundview Press).

- American Artists Materials Volume II A Guide to Stretchers Panels, Millboards, and Stencil Marks. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1992.

Kaufman, Mervyn and Wilner, Eli. Antique American Frames Identification and Price Guide. New York: Avon Books 1995.

Latimer, Tirza. "The Total Picture." Arts & Crafts Quaterly. Volume VI, No. 3, 1995. pp. 6-10.

MacTaggart, Peter and Ann. Practical Gilding. Welwyn, Herts, UK: Mac and Me, LTD., 1984.

Mason, Pippa. Designs for English Picture Frames. London: Arnold Wiggins & Sons, LTD, 1989.

Mason, Pippa and Gregory, Michael. Of Gilding. London: Arnold Wiggins & Sons LTD., 1989.

Mathews, Nancy Mowl. The Art of Charles Prendergast from the Collections of the Williams College Museum of Art and Mrs. Charles Prendergast. Williamstown, MA Williams College Museum of Art, 1993.

Mendgen, Dr. Eva. "Painting and Frame in the Second Half of the 19th Century." Der Kunsthandel-Europe. Huthig. pp. 36-41.

- In Perfect Harmony Picture and Frame, Waanders, Vitgevers, Zwolle: Van Gogh Museum/Kuntsforum Wien, 1995.

Mills, Sally. "The Framemaker's Art in Early San Francisco," Art of California. November 1990, Volume 3, No. 6, pp. 54-59.

Mitchell, Paul. "Wright's Picture Frames." Wright of Derby. London: Tate Gallery, 1990. pp. 272-288.

- and Roberts, Lynn. Frameworks: Form, Function & Ornament in European Portrait Frames. London: Paul Mitchell in association with Merrell Holberton, 1996.

- and Roberts, Lynn. A History of European Picture Frames. London: Paul Mitchell in association with Merrell Holberton, 1996.

Newbery, Timothy. Bisacca, George. Kanter, Larry. The Italian Renaissance Frame. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990.

Pederson, Roy. "Frederick Harer and the American Frame." The Arts and Crafts Quarterly. New Jersey: Volume 3, Issue 1, 1989. pp. 10-11.

Penny, Nicholas. Pocket Guide: Frames, National Gallery Publications Limited, 1997.

Rebora, Carrie et al. John Singleton Copley in America. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abrams, 1995. pp.143-159.

Ring, Betty. "Check List of Looking Glass and Framemakers and Merchants known by their Labels." (before 1860). The Magazine Antiques, May 1981. pp. 1178-1195.

Roberts, Lynn. "Nineteenth Century English Picture Frames." The International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship. Butterworth & Co. LTD, 1985. pp. 155-172.

Roche, Serge and Courage, Germain and Devinoy, Pierre. Mirrors. New York: Rizzoli, 1985.

Schiffer, Herbert F. The Mirror Book. Exton, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, LTD., 1983.

Schiller, Joyce. "Frame Designs by Stanford White." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Volume 64, No. 1, 1988. pp. 20-31.

Simon, Jacob. "The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain." London: National Portrait Gallery, 1996.

Smeaton, Suzanne and Gray, Nina. "Within Gilded Borders: The Frames of Stanford White." American Art. National Museum of American Art: Smithsonian Institution, Spring 1993.

Smeaton, Suzanne. The Art of the Frame: American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period. New York: Eli Wilner and Company, 1988.

- "The Reward for the Artist." Sanford Smith Beaux Arts Show Catalog March 1990. New York: Sanford Smith, 1990. pp. 8-10.

- "Frames in Context." Antiques and Fine Art, January/February 1991. Vol. VIII No. 2, pp110-117.

- "American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period 1870-1920." The Magazine Antiques. November 1989. pp. 1124-1137.

- "Period Frames on Contemporary Paintings" Picture Framing Magazine, February 1996. pp. 8-16.

- "A Perfect Marriage: Choosing the Right Frame for a Painting." Picture Framing Magazine, November 1994. pp. 8-16.

- "European Antecedents to American Picture Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, September 1994 pp. 34-39.

- "Modernist Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, May 1994. pp. 10-14.

- "Reproductions or Exact Replica Frames?" Picture Framing Magazine, March 1994. pp. 82-88.

- "19th Century Print and Drawing Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, December 1993. pp. 6-10.

- "Like a Setting for a Jewel." Picture Framing Magazine, September 1993. pp. 85-90.

- "Nineteenth and Early 20th Century Portrait Frames in America." Picture Framing Magazine, June 1993. pp. 88-92.

- "Museums Redefine the Borders of Art." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1993. pp. 59-64.

- "Fluted Cove Frames: America in the 1860's." Picture Framing Magazine, December 1992. pp. 18-19.

- "Frame Restoration and Conservation." Picture Framing Magazine, December 1992. pp.77-84.

- "American Frames of the 1850's." Picture Framing Magazine, November 1992. pp. 18-19.

- "The Reward for the Artist." Picture Framing Magazine, October 1992. pp. 64-68.

- "Eastlake Style Picture Frames." Picture Framing Magazine, July 1992. pp. 38-39.

- "The Frames of Frederick Harer." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1992. pp. 60-61.

- "The Arts and Crafts Period." Picture Framing Magazine, October 1991. pp. 90-92.

- "The Picture Frames of Charles Prendergast." Picture Framing Magazine, August 1991. pp. 66-67.

- "The Frame Designs of Stanford White." Picture Framing Magazine, March 1991. pp. 32-34.

- "Whistler Frames: An Extension of his Art." Picture Framing Magazine, November-December 1990. pp. 36-37.

Strickland, Peter L. "Documented Philadelphia Looking Glasses, 1800-1850." The Magazine Antiques, April 1976. pp. 784-794.

Thornton, Jonathan. Compo: The History and Technology of "Plastic" Compositions. American Institute for Conservation Preprints, 1985.

VanRees, Virginia. The Historic American Gilded Picture Frame: Its Importance to the Appraiser. Personal Property Journal, American Society of Appraisers Volume 2 No. 3, Autumn 1989 pp.11-19.

VanThiel, P.J.J. and deBruyn Kops, C.J. Framing in the Golden Age: Picture and Frame in 17th Century Holland translated by Andrew P. McCormick Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1995.

Watin, M. L'art du pientre, doreur, vernisseur. Paris, 1744. See also Baird.

Wattenmaker, Richard J. The Art of Charles Prendergast. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1968.

Wenzel, Paul and Krakow, Maurice. Sketches and Designs by Stanford White. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1920.

Wilner, Eli & Co. Inc. The Art of the Frame. "American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period." New York: 1988.

Wilner, Eli et al The Gilded Edge. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 2000.

Wilner, Eli and Kaufman, Mervyn. Antique American Frames Identification and Price Guide. New York: Avon Books, 1995.

Worley, Sharon. Max Kuehne. Gloucester, MA. Cape Ann Historical Museum, 1997.

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Video Bibliography

Wilner, Eli & Co. Inc. The Art of the Frame. "American Frames 1820-1920." 18 minutes. New York: 1991.

Wilner, Eli & Co. Inc. Beyond Architecture: The Frame Designs of Stanford White. 36 minutes. New York: 1995.

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