Seller:crystalcove2014✉️(422)100%,
Location:Ladera Ranch, California, US,
Ships to: US & many other countries,
Item:144471778001'Sailing Vessels Staging Area' Watercolor Painting Elaborate Framing 15” x 12" . Item under consideration is a vintage, framed, original, 8 3/4” X 6 5/8” SAILING VESSELS STAGING AREA SCENE WATERCOLOR PAINTING. Painting is incased in an elaborate 7 level wooden 14 3/4’ x 12 1/4” x 3" framing structure, photos# 7 & 8 (described below). Watercolor painting: Painting scene depicts the staging area for sailing vessels, set in the middle ages. A multitude of commercial sailing vessels are positioned along the shore of a Mediterranean harbor with a number of seamen and workmen seen gathered on the shore, among the ships. Finely painted. Colorations used are lovely coordinated pastel shades of grays, browns, greens, blues, and reds. Box Frame Elements:
There is a 9/16" wide gilt gold hand painted border surrounding the image.
Surrounding the border is a 3/8” wide gilt gold wooden framing element.
Above this gold element is a 3/4" wide, slopping, hand carved, black, wooden element.
Above the black element is another 3/8" wide gilt gold wooden element.
Above this gold element is a 5/8" wide mahogany wooden frame element.
Above the mahogany piece is a 1/4" wide black element.
The last element is a 7/8" wide mahogany element.
The image and border are coved by a sheet of clear glass.
Condition:Item is vintage and in excellent condition. No cracks, or wood splits. There is some wear on the frame edges commensurate with age. There is a small wrinkle at the center of the top edge on image.