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The picture frame is now so ubiquitous that one forgets that, like all familiar forms, it was an invention. Although frames were originally conceived to protect the picture physically and enhance it aesthetically, their invention led gradually to the creation of a separate type of craft associated more often with furniture making than with the creation of pictures themselves.


**Excerpt from**

**Dallas Museum of Art. _Decorative Arts Highlights from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection_. (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1995), 62.**

Details

  • Title: Frame
  • Date Created: 18th century
  • Physical Dimensions: 8 × 6 × 1 in. (20.32 × 15.24 × 2.54 cm)
  • Type: Furnishings
  • External Link: https://www.dma.org/object/artwork/3321524/
  • Medium: Wood
  • Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection

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