1930s Art Deco Wood Picture Frame, Gold Polychrome Floral Crest, 8x10

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Description

1930s wood picture frame with an ornate gold-tone crest, hand-colored floral accents, original-style glass and a geometric Art Deco mat. … Read more 1930s wood picture frame with an ornate gold-tone crest, hand-colored floral accents, original-style glass and a geometric Art Deco mat. It displays a standard 8 x 10 portrait behind the 9.5 x 7 opening and brings authentic period character to a gallery wall or collected interior.

Etsy Description

Circa-1930s wood picture frame with an ornate gold-tone crest, hand-colored floral accents, original-style glass and a geometric Art Deco mat. It displays a standard 8 x 10 portrait behind the 9.5 x 7 opening and brings authentic period character to a gallery wall or collected interior.

This unusual frame combines two design influences from the period: romantic French Revival ornament around the exterior and crisp Art Deco geometry on the mat. Raised roses, scrolling corners, a central shield cartouche and softly aged gold, black, green and rose finishes give it the layered appearance designers seek for collected gallery walls.

MEASUREMENTS

◆ Overall: 15.5" high × 12" wide
◆ Interior frame area: 12.5" × 9.5"
◆ Visible mat opening: 9.5" × 7"
◆ Accommodates a standard 8" × 10" portrait behind the mat
◆ Portrait orientation
◆ Depth and weight: To be added

CONDITION

◆ Good antique condition with no broken or missing decorative areas
◆ Minor age cracks are visible within several applied ornamental details
◆ Expected finish wear, rubbing and patina throughout
◆ Glass has no chips, cracks or stains
◆ Art Deco mat shows scattered age discoloration
◆ Mat sits slightly short of the full interior frame area
◆ Aged backboard, nails, hanging eyes and wire remain in place
◆ Hanging wire should be inspected before use
◆ Please review all close-up photographs

WHAT IS INCLUDED

◆ Wood frame
◆ Glass
◆ Geometric Art Deco mat
◆ Backboard and existing hanging hardware
◆ Unidentified period portrait stored face-down inside the frame

THE STORY

A formal studio portrait like the woman’s photograph would have been framed as a treasured family keepsake and displayed in a parlor, hallway or bedroom. A complete portrait-and-frame package like this could have been selected through a local photography studio or a major department retailer such as Montgomery Ward, although no store or maker can be attributed to this particular example.

Montgomery Ward is historically plausible context because its period department stores carried extensive housewares and furnishings; it is not a maker attribution. Montgomery Ward history

STYLING

Display it with an ancestral portrait, moody landscape, wedding photograph or small botanical print. Its aged gold, black and muted floral colors work especially well in an old-world gallery wall, grandmillennial bedroom, dark-academia study or collected entryway.

Materials

◆ Wood
◆ Molded composition or gesso ornament
◆ Gold-tone and polychrome finish
◆ Glass
◆ Paperboard Art Deco mat
◆ Fiberboard backing
◆ Metal hanging hardware See less