Emanuel Leutze's life-size Washington Crossing the Delaware commemorates the critical moment in the American Revolution when George Washington led a surprise attack against troops supporting the British forces in Trenton. When Leutze created the painting in 1850, after he had returned from America to his native Germany, he was hoping to rally support for the revolutionary movements then sweeping Europe. He sent the work to New York in 1851, and within four months 50,000 people had paid to see it. Today the painting is an icon of American visual culture and one of the most beloved objects in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 
In 2007, Leutze's masterpiece became the focus of the most ambitious conservation and reframing project in the museum's history. This book is a behind-the-scenes report on that project, prefaced by an account of the history of the painting's acquisition and display at the museum.

Washington Crossing the Delaware: Restoring an American Masterpiece, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Fall, 2011)

Arts & Photography

Barratt, Carrie Rebora

Wilner, Eli

Mayer, Lance

Myers, Gay

Smeaton, Suzanne

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The second edition of the valuable antiques reference book shares up-to-date price information and advice on collecting, restoring, buying, and selling frames. Original.

Antique American Frames: Indentification and Price Guide

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Kaufman, Mervyn

Antiques & Collectibles

Avon/Books

Nothing enhances the appeal of a beautiful painting like the perfect frame. Indeed, framing is an art form in its own right, and The Gilded Edge is the first book to offer a comprehensive visual survey of the beautiful antique frames made in America over the last two centuries. Comprising diverse essays by art world luminaries, museum curators, private collectors, and independent scholars, this richly illustrated volume covers topics ranging from frame history and fabrication to the art of perfectly matching frame to artwork. Unlike most art books that depict paintings without their frames, The Gilded Edge presents a plethora of photographs that showcase frames in relation to the paintings they border—and as works of art themselves. An accessible reference for collectors and admirers alike, this is an invaluable guide to the art of making beautiful things even more so.

The Gilded Edge: Art of the Frame

History & Criticism

Chronicle Books LLC.

The catalogue of an exhibition focusing on American frames of the Arts and Crafts movement, 1870-1920, at Eli Wilner & Company, New York, October 26 - November 28, 1988. 40 frames are described and illustrated. 10 photographs illustrate signatures, labels, medallions, or stamps appearing on verso of some of the illustrated frames.

"The Art of the Frame": American Frames from the Arts and Crafts Period

Eli Wilner & Company

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