Dermot McArdle

  And also a birds-eye maple frame with traditional Victorian gilded slip.

                                William Dyce,   George Herbert at Benerton,  1861    detail I've been making at lot of veneered fram...

Here are two frames gilded with silver leaf. The gilding here is oil laid using a long drying oil to obtain the brightest finish. ...

Here I've made the profiles and added the compo ornament to form the basic Hogarth moulding. Even though this would have been consid...

The title's a bit of a mouthful but this ever popular frame is ideal for early prints and engravings. Although by appearance quite a ...

This is a flat moulding that has been gessoed, then laquered black over a red clay base. The gilded sight edge is watergilded with ...

Another gothic style frame. I've popped it over an old victorian print of "The Blackberry Pickers" and it does look rather...