This new edition of the first book to offer an in-depth look at the art of picturing frames in America features a new jacket and an updated introduction by the author.Editor Eli Wilner is credited with reawakening awareness and appreciation for the American frame. His successful international business based in NYC, Eli Wilner & Company, completed the framing of 28 paintings for the White House and was recently commissioned to recreate the original frame for the iconic American painting 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He serves on the boards of the NY Academy of Art and the Archives of American Art.