Eli Wilner Frame, Cole Style Amer. c. 1840 Style
Eli Wilner Frame, Cole Style American c. 1840 Style Frame
Applied ornament and gilded
Based on an American c. 1840 period frame. This type of frame is referred to as a "Cole style" frame after the Hudson River School painter, Thomas Cole (1801-1848).
As opposed to mass-produced frames, original Eli Wilner hand-crafted frames are created by craftspeople at Eli Wilner using the same skills and tools used during the period and required countless hours to produce and finish.
Sight size (opening): 20 5/8" x 29 3/4"; profile width 5 1/4"
Overall size: 31 1/2" x 40 5/8"
*Gallery price: $32,000 - 39,000
Condition: Made by Eli Wilner and Company in the past 20 years. More detailed condition reports and additional photographs are available by request. The photographs attempt to show the condition of the frame. Please request a condition report through the online bidding platform or call Guernsey's at 212-794-2280 to request a more thorough condition report.
Provenance: This frame was loaned to Sotheby's to present Robert Walter Weir's (1803 - 1889) Greenwich Boat Club (1833), which realized a price of $1,202,500. The work is oil on canvas and was offered at Sotheby's in the Fall of 2008.
For decades, the name Eli Wilner & Company has been synonymous with picture frames of the highest quality, hand-crafted using old-world artisanship. Following the conclusion of prominent museum exhibitions or important art auctions, frames the Company loaned for those occasions were returned and became part of the Eli Wilner Classic Frame Collection. Now, the more than four hundred beautiful frames constituting this remarkable Collection will be presented at auction for those who appreciate the very finest.
*Were an individual or an institution to order a bespoke frame from Wilner (all of Wilner's frames are bespoke) the client would be quoted the gallery price. Dimensions:
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Eli Wilner Frame, Cole Style American c. 1840 Style Frame
Applied ornament and gilded
Based on an American c. 1840 period frame. This type of frame is referred to as a "Cole style" frame after the Hudson River School painter, Thomas Cole (1801-1848).
As opposed to mass-produced frames, original Eli Wilner hand-crafted frames are created by craftspeople at Eli Wilner using the same skills and tools used during the period and required countless hours to produce and finish.
Sight size (opening): 20 5/8" x 29 3/4"; profile width 5 1/4"
Overall size: 31 1/2" x 40 5/8"
*Gallery price: $32,000 - 39,000
Condition: Made by Eli Wilner and Company in the past 20 years. More detailed condition reports and additional photographs are available by request. The photographs attempt to show the condition of the frame. Please request a condition report through the online bidding platform or call Guernsey's at 212-794-2280 to request a more thorough condition report.
Provenance: This frame was loaned to Sotheby's to present Robert Walter Weir's (1803 - 1889) Greenwich Boat Club (1833), which realized a price of $1,202,500. The work is oil on canvas and was offered at Sotheby's in the Fall of 2008.
For decades, the name Eli Wilner & Company has been synonymous with picture frames of the highest quality, hand-crafted using old-world artisanship. Following the conclusion of prominent museum exhibitions or important art auctions, frames the Company loaned for those occasions were returned and became part of the Eli Wilner Classic Frame Collection. Now, the more than four hundred beautiful frames constituting this remarkable Collection will be presented at auction for those who appreciate the very finest.
*Were an individual or an institution to order a bespoke frame from Wilner (all of Wilner's frames are bespoke) the client would be quoted the gallery price. Dimensions:
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Estimate
Time, Location
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