Picture frames

Collectors' & Reference Sites

Frames of Reference: An online exhibition of picture frames at the New Britain Museum of American Art. The collection of frames at the NBMAA represents a range of innovations and designs that chronicle the history of frames in this country.

Eli Wilner & Company: A New York City art gallery that specializes in American and European frames from the 19th through early 20th Century. Eli Wilner is a leading frame dealer, restorer and collector, as well as an acknowledged and published authority on the art of framing. The informative site includes a useful glossary covering Basic Terms, Frame Styles, Ornament Descriptions & Techniques And Construction.
Gill & Lagodich: A New York City dealer with an extensive inventory of more than 2,500 fine period frames whose dates span 400 years. Styles range from 16th-century European and Old Master frames to 20th-century American Modernist to custom-made Contemporary.
Joseph Lehn Antique Frames: With an ever increasing inventory of over two thousand frames, all sizes, styles and periods, there is a good chance the frame you want can be found.
Mary Webster Antique Picture Frames: Mary Webster has been selling antique picture frames to museums, artists, dealers and collectors across the country for more than two decades.
Wolf Antiques: All sorts of antique picture frames in all types of original finishes: gesso, grained, mahogany veneer, occasionally paint; big ones, small ones - anything your ancestors might have had hanging on their walls.