Tai Loong Furniture and Picture Frame Makers Hardwood frames, 1930s

Yesterday I posted a portrait of a British military officer in Hong Kong, Francis Festing, from about 1945-1949. The most striking thing about the portrait was the hardwood carved frame. I think the frame was from a company called Tai Loong.

These fairly average Chinese pictures showing various seasons below, dated from the 1930s, are also in hardwood carved frames. These ornate hardwood frames are identified as being made by Tai Loong Furniture and Picture Frame Makers of 873-875 Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing Xi Lu), Tel 35694, Shanghai. I think Tai Loong also produced silk screens and in the late 1940s I think moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong.