Antique Dutch Black frame with painted bevel mat

Antique Dutch Black frame with painted bevel mat

“Red Shirt” is a small wood cut print by Joe Marshall mounted to a thin panel.  It swims in a generous bottom weighted mat with a red painted bevel.  The frame is a vintage Baroque shape with an antique Dutch Black finish.  The shellacked and polished...
Carved, painted, distressed and antiqued vintage scoop frame

Carved, painted, distressed and antiqued vintage scoop frame

This is a screenprint by Tanline Printing based on a vintage tourism advertisement.  It’s framed in a scoop frame with a top bead that was gouge carved at the corners, then scratched and distressed with a wire brush, then painted in a light green milk paint,...
Vintage Antiqued Art Deco Cap Frame

Vintage Antiqued Art Deco Cap Frame

Retro Trek makes vintage travel posters celebrating Tucson culture, and this one features a 1950s travel camper being let through Gate’s Pass.  The frame is a slender Art-Deco cap frame, antiqued and colored with Honduran Mahogany stain.  The mat is accented...
Antiqued Espresso Finish on Vintage Profile

Antiqued Espresso Finish on Vintage Profile

This antique book plate is framed in an antiqued 1 3/4″ basswood cassetta frame (espresso stain) with a slender off-white mat. The antiquing process is to first distress the raw, joined frame, then stain it, seal it, smooth with fine steel wool, then glaze it...
Antiqued vintage panel frame with tan stain

Antiqued vintage panel frame with tan stain

This antique book plate is a hand tinted black & white photo titled The Mouth of Pima Canyon, Santa Cruz Mountains (Plate 54). It’s framed in an antiqued basswood 1 1/4″ vintage panel profile with pilgrim maple stain and a bottom weighted solid core...