Striped stamped frame with ruled line mat

Striped stamped frame with ruled line mat

This is a Chinese silk painting of two Koi fish.  The mounted silk panel has a mat with a hand-drawn ruled line around the opening in a custom mixed plum color to accent the color on one of the fish. The frame is a stamped “stripey” frame in pink over...
Black stained cushion profile with black ruled line on mat

Black stained cushion profile with black ruled line on mat

This is a 1909 antique book plate, 4″ X 5 1/4″, from an engraving by William Henry Wesley of the Royal Astronomical Society called “Total Eclipse of the Sun, 17th May, 1882″ (Plate VII from History of Astronomy by George Forbes). This frame is...
Antiqued vintage reverse profile with French Mat

Antiqued vintage reverse profile with French Mat

This is a black & white antique book plate captioned as “Giant Cactus, or Sahuara”. It’s framed in an antiqued basswood 1 1/4″ vintage reverse profile with a bottom weighted Antique Tan rag mat decorated with a gray watercolor panel...