This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany.

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made in France.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made in France.

This Modern strap-work frame is a book ornament made in France.

Modern Strap-Work Frame

This Modern strap-work frame is a book ornament made in France.

The Renaissance strap-work frame was made from bronze tablets. Foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands of fruit, fluttering ribbons, cherub-heads are frequently added. Strap-work frame was an invention of the Renaissance.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

The Renaissance strap-work frame was made from bronze tablets. Foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands…

The Renaissance strap-work frame was made from bronze tablets. Foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands of fruit, fluttering ribbons, cherub-heads are frequently added. Strap-work frame was an invention of the Renaissance.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

The Renaissance strap-work frame was made from bronze tablets. Foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands…

The Renaissance strap-work frame was made from bronze tablets. Foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands of fruit, fluttering ribbons, cherub-heads are frequently added. Strap-work frame was an invention of the Renaissance.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

The Renaissance strap-work frame was made from bronze tablets. Foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands…

This French Renaissance strap-work frame was made during the 17th century.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This French Renaissance strap-work frame was made during the 17th century.

This French Renaissance strap-work frame was made during the 17th century.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This French Renaissance strap-work frame was made during the 17th century.

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany. Made out of bronze tablets, the design usually contained foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands of fruit, fluttering ribbons, cherub-heads are frequently added. Strap-work frame was an invention of the Renaissance.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany. Made out of bronze tablets,…

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany. Made out of bronze tablets, the design usually contained foliage, palmettes, festoons and garlands of fruit, fluttering ribbons, cherub-heads are frequently added. Strap-work frame was an invention of the Renaissance.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany. Made out of bronze tablets,…

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This Renaissance strap-work frame was made between 1576-1577 in Germany.

This Renaissance strap-work frame is French.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

This Renaissance strap-work frame is French.

Renaissance strap-work frame.

Renaissance Strap-Work Frame

Renaissance strap-work frame.

This Rococo strap-work frame is French. During this period the strap-work frame was unsymmetrical and picturesque arrangements.

Rococo Strap-Work Frame

This Rococo strap-work frame is French. During this period the strap-work frame was unsymmetrical and…

This Rococo strap-work frame is French, usually placed in a corner of a wall. During this period the strap-work frame was unsymmetrical and picturesque arrangements.

Rococo Strap-Work Frame

This Rococo strap-work frame is French, usually placed in a corner of a wall. During this period the…

This Rococo strap-work frame is French. During this period the strap-work frame was unsymmetrical and picturesque arrangements.

Rococo Strap-Work Frame

This Rococo strap-work frame is French. During this period the strap-work frame was unsymmetrical and…

Modern strap-work frame.

Modern Strap-Work Frame

Modern strap-work frame.

Modern strap-work frame.

Modern Strap-Work Frame

Modern strap-work frame.

This modern strap-work frame was French.

Modern Strap-Work Frame

This modern strap-work frame was French.

Modern strap-work frame.

Modern Strap-Work Frame

Modern strap-work frame.

This border typographical frame was designed during the Renaissance period between 1550-1560. It was of Flemish origin, used as a decoration of books and documents.

Border Typographical Frame

This border typographical frame was designed during the Renaissance period between 1550-1560. It was…

The border typographical frame was used as a decoration for books and documents.

Border Typographical Frame

The border typographical frame was used as a decoration for books and documents.

This Flemish border typographical frame was designed during the Renaissance period in the 16th century.

Border Typographical Frame

This Flemish border typographical frame was designed during the Renaissance period in the 16th century.

This Printer's-mark typographical frame was designed during the Italian Renaissance, 16th century. The head and tail pieces were designed of strap-work.

Printer's-Mark Typographical Frame

This Printer's-mark typographical frame was designed during the Italian Renaissance, 16th century. The…

This Printer's-mark typographical frame was designed during the Italian Renaissance, 16th century. The head and tail pieces were designed of strap-work.

Printer's-Mark Typographical Frame

This Printer's-mark typographical frame was designed during the Italian Renaissance, 16th century. The…

This Printer's-mark typographical frame was designed in Paris during the 19th century. The head and tail pieces were designed of strap-work.

Printer's-Mark Typographical Frame

This Printer's-mark typographical frame was designed in Paris during the 19th century. The head and…

This German Typographical frame is a tablet from the triumphal entry of the Emperor Maximilian. It was designed between 1473-1531.

German Typographical Frame

This German Typographical frame is a tablet from the triumphal entry of the Emperor Maximilian. It was…

This French typographical frame was designed during the Renaissance in the 16th century.

French Typographical Frame

This French typographical frame was designed during the Renaissance in the 16th century.

The principles of decoration in the modern typographical frame were very varied, with greater freedom allowed.

Modern Typographical Frame

The principles of decoration in the modern typographical frame were very varied, with greater freedom…

The principles of decoration in the modern typographical frame were very varied, with greater freedom allowed.

Modern Typographical Frame

The principles of decoration in the modern typographical frame were very varied, with greater freedom…

The Decoration of escutcheons strap-work tablet was used as snuff-box lids.

Decoration of Escutcheons Strap-Work Frame

The Decoration of escutcheons strap-work tablet was used as snuff-box lids.

The Decoration of escutcheons strap-work tablet was used as snuff-box lids.

Decoration of Escutcheons Strap-Work Frame

The Decoration of escutcheons strap-work tablet was used as snuff-box lids.

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame,…

Boneshaker is a name used from about 1869 up to the present time, to refer to the first type of true bicycle with pedals, which was called "velocipede" (from the Latin for "fast foot") by its manufacturers. "Boneshaker" refers to the extremely uncomfortable ride, which was caused by the stiff wrought-iron frame and wooden wheels surrounded by tires made of iron.

Boneshaker Bicycle

Boneshaker is a name used from about 1869 up to the present time, to refer to the first type of true…

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame,…

An illustration of a braced frame.

Braced Frame

An illustration of a braced frame.

An illustration of a balloon frame.

Balloon Frame

An illustration of a balloon frame.

"The galvanometer consists of two distinct coils of wire, each having the same resistance, and having equal magnetic effects upon the needle. These coils C and C' are wound in opposite directions, as shown, and one end of each is joined to the same terminal on the frame of the galvanometer; the other ends are joined to separate terminals also situated on the frame." (Britannica, 1891)

Differential Galvanometer

"The galvanometer consists of two distinct coils of wire, each having the same resistance, and having…

This spice-frame salt-cellar is a 18th century design made out of glass.

Spice-Frame Salt-Cellar

This spice-frame salt-cellar is a 18th century design made out of glass.

This modern cruet-frame is used to hold oil and vinegar in small bottles with a shoulder.

Modern Cruet-Frame

This modern cruet-frame is used to hold oil and vinegar in small bottles with a shoulder.

This modern cruet-frame is used to hold oil and vinegar in small bottles with a shoulder. It is made out of colored glass.

Modern Cruet-Frame

This modern cruet-frame is used to hold oil and vinegar in small bottles with a shoulder. It is made…

This modern cruet-frame is used to hold oil and vinegar in small bottles with a shoulder.

Modern Cruet-Frame

This modern cruet-frame is used to hold oil and vinegar in small bottles with a shoulder.

An illustration of Geoffrey Chaucer as a Canterbury pilgrim.  Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400?) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.

Geoffrey Chaucer

An illustration of Geoffrey Chaucer as a Canterbury pilgrim. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October…

A narrow border with Celtic influences.

Celtic Border

A narrow border with Celtic influences.

Narrow holly border.

Holly Border

Narrow holly border.

An narrow border illustrated with vines and fruit.

Fruit and Vine Border

An narrow border illustrated with vines and fruit.

An illustration of a double border.

Double Border

An illustration of a double border.

An illustration of an ornate frame.

Ornate Frame

An illustration of an ornate frame.

An illustration of a oval ivy decorated border.

Ivy Oval Border

An illustration of a oval ivy decorated border.

"A shallow frame of wood or iron used in foundries to contain the sand and patterns employed in molding and casting." -Whitney, 1911

Two-Part Flask

"A shallow frame of wood or iron used in foundries to contain the sand and patterns employed in molding…

"Ship's Floor. Nautical, that part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. AA, floor-plates; BBB, keelsons; FF, main frame; K, keel; LL, lightening-holes; RR, reverse frame." -Whitney, 1911

Floor of Ship

"Ship's Floor. Nautical, that part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most…

"Frame of Iron Ship. A, double bottom; B, bracket frame; C, coal-bunkers; D, upper or spar deck; D', upper- or or spar-deck beam; F, main frame; H, hammock-berthing; I, inner bottom plating; K, keel; L, longitudinals; M, main deck; M', main-deck beam; P, outside plating; R, reverse frame; S, boilers; Y, protective deck; Y', protective-deck beam." -Whitney, 1911

Frame of Iron Ship

"Frame of Iron Ship. A, double bottom; B, bracket frame; C, coal-bunkers; D, upper or spar deck; D',…

"Nautical, on men-of-war, a pair of strong frames of oak made in the form of a gallows, fixed between the fore and main hatchways, with concave cross-beams called gallows-tops tenoned on to the uprights, to support spare topmasts, yards, booms, boats, etc." -Whitney, 1911

Gallows-Bitts

"Nautical, on men-of-war, a pair of strong frames of oak made in the form of a gallows, fixed between…

"G, G, garboard strakes; F, frame, K, keel. Nautical, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Also called ground-strake." -Whitney, 1911

Garboard Strake

"G, G, garboard strakes; F, frame, K, keel. Nautical, the first range or strake of planks laid on a…

This is a portrait-oriented frame featuring British coats of arms, scrollwork and symbols of art. The frame is ornate, with an image of the arc angel Michael slaying the dragon. The oval frame also features a bust and a crown.

Ornate Oval Frame

This is a portrait-oriented frame featuring British coats of arms, scrollwork and symbols of art. The…

The Carton Pierre frame is French for paper-mache. The brackets and medallions are enclosed in the frame.

Carton Pierre Frame

The Carton Pierre frame is French for paper-mache. The brackets and medallions are enclosed in the frame.

This bedstead is made out of locust wood. It is decorated with a series of statuettes and bas-relief.

Bedstead

This bedstead is made out of locust wood. It is decorated with a series of statuettes and bas-relief.

This iron bedstead is a Spanish design. It is the framework of a bed .

Iron Bedstead

This iron bedstead is a Spanish design. It is the framework of a bed .

This console table with bracket is framed with foliage. The bracket is also designed with foliage and an animal head. It is used for decorative purposes.

Console Table with Bracket

This console table with bracket is framed with foliage. The bracket is also designed with foliage and…

The bedstead is the framework of a bed or mattress.

Bedstead

The bedstead is the framework of a bed or mattress.