12/28/2022 0 Comments Zula kenyon print![]() The frame is called a Barbola style which is gesso (plaster) and wood or paper as a base. Some are hand tinted and some use the chromo process. Basically a way to reproduce lithograph prints with color. This type of print is called a chromolithograph. Well research has turned up a little info on what but not who. I wouldn't hesitate to put this with any of my 60's things. Just finished an hour long rearranging session.lol I'm telling ya, better put up some more walls:) It's ready for another hundred years ! Not sure of the subject matter, if it's literary or just a fantasy piece. The glass had been pressing against the old nails. I gently removed everything and placed some sturdy cardboard behind it and put it's original backer board in place with new small nails. The print is very fragile and would crumble easily if handed too roughly, but it is remarkably intact and looks awesome with it's light color tint. Someone just pounded a couple brads into it to keep the glass in place. So no date, title, artist, or framer info. It was falling apart and needed the "treatment". The glass appears to be original with it's flaws and roughly cut to the oval shape. The back of the crest is a little more gold than the front. Someone may have put a coat of paint on the frame long ago. Not much damage to the frame, just a few easily touched up scrapes.They are pretty rugged despite their looks. It measures 34" from the bottom to the pediment top and 17" across. A beautiful Victorian? neo classical print in an ornate oval gesso and paper mache type frame. This was my prize find from Volunteers of America today.
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