gilt frame
Shiny gold edging
A gilt frame is a picture frame covered with a thin layer of gold or gold-colored material.
The term evokes traditional fine art presentation—oil paintings in museums typically hang in ornate gilt frames.
The portrait hung in an elaborate gilt frame above the fireplace.
Gilt frames suggest classical taste, old money, or deliberate formality.
- goldElement seventy-nine
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- ornateElaborately decorated
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- antiqueOld valued collectible
museum · art gallery · portrait · oil painting · painting · carved · leafed · molding · gallery · Victorian · stately home · rococo · elaborate · decorative · mantel · mirror · picture · hanging
- framesshadow box, shadow boxes
- gildinggold leaf, silver leaf, gold foil, copper leaf, leafing
- artworksoil painting, watercolor, portrait, drawing, sketch
- decorvase, figurine, candle, ornament, wall art
- display casesdisplay case, glass case, china cabinet, vitrine, curio cabinet
- medieval ornamentsfiligree, cloisonne, knotwork, interlace, tracery