These American antique frames were made in the 1860’s. I call them the “classic form” because it is the dominant lemon gold form of the period. Initially most of these frames contained chromolithographs, other prints, and thinly hand-painted Hudson River scenes. Today these antique frames are in demand for a wide variety of paintings of the period and later decades, including for folk art frames, portrait frames, still life frames, and nautical frames.