Page 6c - Museum Gift Shop (Now, Five pages)
   
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VERY LARGE - A superb, solid, very large medium dark, ca.1915, Mission oak frame. It is 31 1/8 x 39 1/4 inches od. and has a 24 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches pic. size. item #20-220, $240.00
RARE - A beautiful blocks-in-corner mahogany veneer piece that dates to 1829-1835. It has high quality mahogany, rare rounded sides, and mahogany blocks in the corners. Old minor repair to one corner block. This piece is even more unusual as it has rounded cross pieces, when most are flat. It is 9 1/2 x 12 inches od. and has an 8 x 10 1/2 pic. size, item #19-705, $335.00
LARGER - A beautiful and rare, Hicks-style, top-quality, mahogany veneer piece with rounded sides and blocks-in-corner that dates to about 1850. It is 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches od. and has an 14 x 18 inches pic. size (rabbet). #19-707, $375.00
A nice Hicks-style, brown-painted piece with dark mahogany blocks-in-corner that dates to 1830-1835. It is 14 x 16 1/2 inches od. and has an 11 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches pic. size (rabbet). #19-706, $240.00
ca. 1845, Applied stencil design of flowers and leaves in gold. Original finish. This is only the second example of this type of decoration that I have found. It is 14 x 18 inches od. and has a 11 x 15 inches pic. size (rabbet). item #19-704, $300.00
Ca.1820-30, Silhouette in a rare brass shell frame. It is 4 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches od. and has a pic. size of 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. I saw one offered at the Mennen Arena Antique show for $850. item #19-679, $220.00 or the pair for $400.00 Ca.1820-30, Silhouette in a rare brass shell frame. It is 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches od. and has a pic. size of 3 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches. I saw one offered at the Mennen Arena Antique show for $850. item #19-680, $220.00 or the pair for $400.00
A superb, solid, larger, Tiger Maple frame from the 1840s. It is 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 od. and has a pic. size of 10 x 14 inches. item #15-368, $300.00
Beautiful Arts & crafts oak shadow-box piece with gilded surround. It is 15 x 24 inches od. and has an 8 x 19 1/4 inches pic. size for items, a 7 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (visible) sight and is 3 1/8 inches deep. The dealer that I bought it from said that it was used to display an antique ice skate. #18-628, $130.00
A ca.1915, Mission oak frame. It is 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches od. and has a 6 x 8 inches pic. size. item #20-205, $50.00
An oak, ca.1910 Arts & Crafts-style frame with a egg bead around the outside edge. It is 12 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches od. and has a 10 x 12 inch picture size. #17-492, $70.00 A superb, bold grain, tiger striped, Arts & Crafts oak piece with great original finish ca.1915. It is 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches od. with a 13 x 18 inches pic. size (rabbet). item #16-462, $70.00
A rare Art Nouveau, aesthetic piece ca.1885 with stylized lilies. Some side edge trim is missing, but it is not visible from the front. It is 10 x 11 1/2 inches od. with a 7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches pic. size (rabbet). item #16-441, $60.00
A rare ca.1875 outstanding Eastlake frame with great corners. It is 16 x 17 inches od. and has a 8 x 10 inches pic. size. item #18-605, $180.00
A bold c.1874. Faux-bois in black, tan, & grey with a gilded sight and Eastlake-style decoration. This is an unusual frame as it looks like a c. 1868 piece with the addition of Eastlake decoration. I believe it is an earlier frame that the frame maker had in stock for a few years and added the Eastlake embellishments to take advantage of the “new” style. It is 11 3/4 x 14 inches od. and has an 8 x 10 inches pic. size. #16-420, $140.00 An American ca.1875 Eastlake-style with a beautiful, multi-level design with faux tortoise, gold lines, and a gold liner. It is 12 x 13 5/8" od. and has a pic. size of 8 x 10". #16-417, $130.00
A great Victorian, esthetic gilded piece with ornate composition design in three colors. It is 14 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches od. and has a 10 x 12 pic. size. item #17-536, $130.00
A nice 2-tone, gilded wood with (great condition) velvet Victorian piece, ca.1880. It is 15 x 17 inches od. with an 8 x 10 inches pic. size, #16-414, $86.00
An 1890s Victorian frame with Gilded oak leaves. It has a few corner nicks. It is 21 x 24" od. with a 14 x 17 inch picture size, #15-375, $40.00 Gilded gesso on wood with little areas missing at the top right and bottom left corners, ca.1870. It is 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches od. with a pic. size of 8 x 10 inches. item #409, $30.00
Tough to find 1930s Art Deco & Earlier Art Nouveau frames
A bold Art Deco gessoed, silver-finish, wood frame, ca.1936. It is 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches and has a 7 x 9 inch pic. size, #17-544, $40.00 A bold Art Deco gessoed, silver-finish, wood frame, ca.1936. It is 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches and has a 7 x 9 inch pic. size, #17-545, $40.00 or the pair for $75.00
Larger - Ca.1920, Taos-style frame (Arts and Crafts school) gessoed wood frame with hearts in the corners on gold. It is 11 x 15 1/4 inches and has a 9 3/4 x 14 inch pic. size, #19-687, $100.00
A nice Art Deco painted and gilded wood, ca.1925. It is 9 1/2 x 11" outside and 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches pic. size, #15-366, $32.00
A bronzed, Art Nouveau frame with swirling leaves, ca.1900. It is 12 1/4 x 16 5/8 inches and has a 10 3/4 x 15 inches pic. size. #15-399, $38.00
A 1915-1920s "Transition" (Art Nouveau to Art Deco) example that is 7 3/4 x 11 3/4" outside, with an pic. size of 7 x 11 inches. A little rounding at the corners, #12-111, $35.00
An unusual, unsigned bronze-colored piece with flowers and a bug, ca.1905 and probably European. It is 7 1/2x 10 inches od., item #17-520, $66.00
Ca.1880 pair of beautifully decorated, wall hanging, "railroad" frames. It is rare to find a pair with the decoration in such perfect condition. 5 1/2 x 10 3/4" od., 4 1/4 x 6 inches pic. size, #14-311, $80.00
Like a birthday cake, this 1870s Victorian beauty has three layers of molding. It is 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 od. and has a 6 x 8 inches pic. size, $32.00, item #18-406
A very bizarre, hand decorated frame that originally came on a Moon landing painting. Believed to be by noted folk artist, Alexander Aramburo Maldonado, who was born in Mazatlan, Mexico on December 17, 1901. Maldonado moved to San Francisco in 1911. He worked in the shipyards before becoming a professional boxer and fighting under the name Frankie Baker. A self-taught artist, he drew his first picture in 1961 and took up painting, including the picture frames. Maldonado treated contemporary themes—pollution, mass communication, the exploration of space—but there is absolutely nothing banal in his circus-like depiction of these themes, a depiction that owes its uniqueness to a genuinely childlike imagination. A fan of science fiction and astronomy, he painted a bright, futuristic world that included cityscapes and modernistic buildings. Maldonado was discovered in 1973. In the next few years he was to rise from total obscurity to international recognition. Maldonado’s work has appeared in more than a dozen books and publications and is represented in numerous private and public collections, including: The National Museum of American Art; The Smithsonian Institution; Washington D.C.; The Museum of American Folk Art in New York, and three museums in the Bay Area. He died in San Francisco, CA on February 10, 1989. The frame is 14 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches od. and has a 11 1/4 x 14" pic. size. $40.00, item #13-205
An unusual, wire, clip frame for a carte di visite from the 1860s. Niagara falls image included. It holds an image that is 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. $34.00, #12-121
A striking wood, handcrafted picture frame with a very ancient look & feel. It is 11 x 16 inches od. and has an 8 x 11 inches pic. size (ideal for a mirror). #15-400, $48.00 Handmade, wooden frame, ca.1960, meant to resemble a saguaro cactus. 8.75 x 6.75 inches, signed "Chee". The piece is from Arizona, item #414, $28.00
Frames from the 1840s to 1850s, page 1
Frames from the 1850s to 1860s, page 2
Frames from the 1860s to 1880s, page 3
Frames from the 1880s to 1900, page 4
