List of books on frame history, gilding, restoration, and general picture framing.
Christine Powell and Zoe Allen
Italian Renaissance Frames at the V&A – A Technical Study
Butterworth-Heinemann Publications (2009) ISBN 978-0-7506-8619-8
Jacob Simon
The Art of the Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain
National Portrait Gallery Publications. (Nov 1996) ISBN 978-1-85514-171-1
Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts
Frameworks: Form, Function and Ornament in European Portrait Frames
Merrell Publishers Ltd. (Dec 1996) ISBN 978-1-85894-037-3 Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts
A History of European Picture Frames
Merrell Publishers Ltd. (Oct 1996) ISBN 978-1-85894-036-6
D. Gene Karraker
Looking at European Frames - A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
Getty Publications (2009) ISBN 978-0-89236-981-2
William Adair
The Frame in America 1700-1900 A Survey of Fabrication Techniques and Styles
The American Institute of Architects Foundation (1983) (PPFA)
ISBN 978 9991095769
Henrik Bjerre and Jannie Henriette Linnemann
Frames - State of the Art
Various contributors, Editor: Sven Bjerkhof
Statens Museum for Kunst (2008) ISBN 978-87-92023-11-7
Dr. Malgorzata Sawicki
Non-traditional Gilding Techniques in Gilded Object Conservation
Research into loss compensation in water gilded surfaces using synthetic polymers.
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (2010) ISBN 978-3639271393
Janet Ambers, Catherine Higgitt, Lynne Harrison (various editors and authors)
Holding it all Together
Ancient and modern approaches to joining, repair, and consolidation.
Archetype Publications Ltd (2009) ISBN 978-1904982470
Joanna M. Kosek
Conservation Mounting for Drawings and Prints
Archetype Publications Ltd (2004) ISBN 978-1873132593
Joanna M. Kosek (with various authors)
Art on Paper - Mounting and Housing
Archetype Publications Ltd (2005) ISBN 978-18733132999
Marilena Mosco
Cornici Dei Medici - La Fantasia Barocca al Servizio del Potere
(Medici Frames - Baroque Caprice for the Medici Princes)
Mauro Pagliai Editore (2007) Edizioni Polistampa
ISBN 978-88-564-0003-8
Henry Heydenryk, Jr.
The Art and History of Frames
The Lyons Press; New Ed edition. (Feb 1994) ISBN 978-1-55821-265-7
Henry Heydenryk, Jr.
The Right Frame
The Lyons Press (2002) ISBN 1-58574-753-X
Deborah Davis
The Secret Lives of Frames: One Hundred Years of Art and Artistry
Hachette Filipacchi Media. (Feb 2007) ISBN 978-1-933231-16-7
Eli Wilner
The Gilded Edge: The Art of the Frame
Chronicle Books. (Oct 2000) ISBN 978-0-8118-2070-7
Suzanne Smeaton and Eli Wilner
The Art of the Frame: American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period 1870-1920
Eli Wilner and Company (1988) ISBN 978-0966750805
Gilded Wood Conservation and History
various authors
Sound View Press. (April 1992) ISBN 978-0-932087-21-8
Ellen Becker
Gold Leaf Application and Restoration
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (Feb 1999) ISBN 978-0-7643-0632-7
Gilding Approaches to Treatment
English Heritage - various authors
James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd. (Jan 2001) ISBN 978-1-902916-25-5
The Gilders Manual - author anonymous -Reprinted from 1876 Edition
Fredonia Books. (Nov 2003) ISBN 978-1-4101-0401-4
H. Morell
Victorian Wooden Molding and Frame Designs
Dover Publications Inc. (Jun 1992) ISBN 978-0-486-26932-0
Cennino D'Andrea Cennini
The Craftman's Handbook "Il Libro dell' Arte"
Dover Publications Inc. (Feb 2000) ISBN 978-0-486-20054-5
Pieter J.J. Van Thiel and C.J. De Bruyn Kops
Framing in the Golden Age: Picture and Frame in 17th Century Holland
Waanders(1995) Translated by Andrew P. McCormick ISBN 978-9066302785
Robert F. Loeffler
Step by Step Compo and Mold Making
L. V. I. Publications (Jun 1992) ISBN 978-0-9632387-5-7
Timothy J. Newbery
Frames and Framings
Ashmolean Museum. (Feb 2003) ISBN 978-1-85444-174-4
Timothy J. Newbery, George Bisacca, and Laurence B. Kanter
Italian Renaissance Frames
Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Sep 1990) ISBN 978-0-81093-455-9
Claus Grimm
The Book of Picture Frames
Abaris Books. (Dec 1992) ISBN 978-0-89835-320-4
Nicholas Penny
Frames - National Gallery Pocket Guide
Yale University Press. (Sep 1997) ISBN 978-1-85709-165-6
Eli Wilner and Mervyn Kaufman
Antique American Frames - Identification and Price Guide
Avon Books; 2nd Ed edition. (Dec 1999) ISBN 978-0-380-80221-0
Pippa Mason with introduction by Gervase Jackson-Stops
Designs for English Picture Frames
A loan exhibition at Morton Morris & Company Ltd
Arnold Wiggins & Sons Ltd (1987) ISBN 0-9512135-0-4
Peter Mactaggart
Practical Gilding
Mac & Me. (Dec 1985) ISBN 978-0-9507782-5-9 Marty Horowitz and Lou Tilmont
An Introduction to Water Gilding
PFM Pubco (Feb 1998) ISBN 978-0-96631-890-6
Lodi Roberto and Montanari Amedeo
Repertorio Della Cornice Europea - Italia, Francia, Spagna, Paesi Bassi dal Secolo XV al Secolo XX
Modena. (2003) ASIN B001673N5A
Timothy J. Newbery
Frames in the Robert Lehman Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Princeton University Press. (Aug 2007) ISBN 978-0691134833
Eva Mendgen (editor) with contributions by Wolfgang Kemp, Lynn Roberts, and other authors.
In Perfect Harmony - Picture and Frame 1850-1920
Waanders (1995) ISBN 978-0295974782
John Payne
Framing the Nineteenth Century: Picture Frames 1837-1935
Images Publishing Group Pty, Ltd. (Dec 2007) ISBN 978-1864701999
W.H. Bailey
Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Nov 2002) ISBN 978-0810944893 Piers Feetham, Caroline Feetham, and Patrick Steel
The Art of Framing
Clarkson Potter. (Nov 1997) ISBN 978-1-900518-29-5
Stuart Schneider
Collecting Picture and Photo Frames
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (Dec 1998) ISBN 978-0-7643-0610-5
Richard A. Maryanski, PH.B
Antique Picture Frame Guide
Cedar Forest Company, Illinois. (1973) ASIN B0006CC8OS
Paul Duro (Editor) various authors
The Rhetoric of the Frame - Essays on the Boundaries of the Artwork
Cambridge University Press. (Oct 1996) ISBN 978-0-521-56629-0
William Wheeler and Charles H. Hayward
Practical Woodcarving and Gilding
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition. (Sep 1983) ISBN 978-0713514216
Pete Bingham
Picture Framing
Murdoch Books; New Ed edition. (1993) ISBN 978-1-85391-179-8
Paul Curson
Framing and Gilding
Skills Book Publishing Pty Ltd. (1992) ISBN 0-646-12673-3
Geoffrey Wills
English Looking-Glasses - A Study of the Glass, Frames, and Makers (1670-1820)
A. S. Barnes & Company Inc. (1965) ASIN B000XXIAII
O. A. Lysenko
To Dress a Picture - The Art of Russian Frames from XVIII to XX Century
The Russian State Museum, Palace Editions. (2005) ISBN 978-5-93332-171-2
J.H. Guttmann
Antique Frames
Published by J.H. Guttmann (1959) ASIN B0007F915S
Frederick Oughton
The Complete Manual of Wood Finishing
Stobart & Son Ltd (1989) ISBN 0-85442-030-4
Walter Crane
Ideals in Art - Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical
Elibron Classics (2005) ISBN 1-4021-6677-X
