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Place of Origin: Italian
Medea Picture Frame in Black Lacquered Wood and Corno Italiano, Mod. 5315s
By Arcahorn Srl.
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Handcrafted from wood with lacquered black gloss finish, Medea picture frame excels luxury and elegance with its detailing in Corno Italiano, whose remarkable natural nuances will le...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Picture Frames

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Lacquer, Wood

Large Photo frame in Black Marble Humour marble
By Laura G Art with Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour is an italian large black marble photo frame. It is a sculpture of design and may carry 4 photos , 2 on the front, and 2 on the back, phot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Marble

Italian Photo Frame Art Nouveau with Black Marble, Illumination
By Laura G Art with Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Illumination is a rectangular golden silver photo frame with black marble designed by Laura G Art with Heart and it is decorated 360°, both front and back as every one of my picture frames.. A Classic Tiffany motif meanders in relief on a background of Belgian black marble stone. Each model of my photo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Italian Picture Frames

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Belgian Black Marble, Silver

Italian Photo Frame Handmade Wood, Double Heart
By Laura G Art with Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Double Heart is a unique arge Italian hand crafted wood double photo frame by sculptor Massimo Pasini. Wood is a very warm material and it is very m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Italian Photo Frame in Lost Wax Silver , Harmony Coral
By Laura G Art with Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Harmony coral is a unique edition photo frame designed and realized by atelier Laura G for Art with Heart collection. It is a wonderful lost wax silver model hand chiselled by master...
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21st Century and Contemporary Arts and Crafts Italian Picture Frames

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Silver

Luxury Photo Frame, Silver with gold bath, marble , Reflection Noir
By Laura G Art with Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Reflection noir is an italian gold silver floral double photo frame with black marble, a jewel photo frame signed Laura G Art with Heart. It is hand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Arts and Crafts Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Stone, Silver

Midcentury italian Murano glass frame by Barovier & Toso, 1940
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant Murano glass picture frame by Barovier & Toso, Italy 1940. The hand blown Murano glass has been twisted and shaped in the Torchon to create a thick ribbed texture. Beautif...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Murano Glass

19th Century Florentine Frame With Gold Leaf
Located in Austin, TX
Evoking the lavish opulence of the 19th century, this Florentine Frame stands as a testament to the magnificence of the period's decorative arts. Its confident gold leaf application ...
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19th Century Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Italian Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Honeycomb Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window in wide and flat surround with incised honeycomb pattern on front; edges plain. With glass, silk lining, and velve...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

18th CENTURY PAIR OF SMALL GOLDEN FRAMES WITH PAINTINGS
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of small gilded frames in pure gold leaf, dating back to the 18th century and characterized by a classic Tuscan carving. The peculiarity of these frames lies in their ...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Wood, Paper

Gabriella Crespi Large Brass Rectangular Picture Frame, Signed
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi large rectangular picture frame with alternating bands of polished and brushed brass, Italy, 1970s. This incredibly chic picture frame is a striking example of the ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver photo frame. The frame was made in Italy by the Argenteria Raddi of Florence. The design is typically Libeerty with the characteristic flowers, festoons and ribbons...
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1990s Art Nouveau Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Elegant Photo Frame Gold Plated and Onyx Black Flowers, Gratitude Noir
By Laura G Art with Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Gratitude noir is a unique Italian picture frame with a delicate boho chic design created by Laura G, a masterpiece among the collectible photo fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

2000s Barovier Toso Italian Royal Blue Twisted Murano Glass Brass Picture Frame
By Barovier&Toso
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a luscious deep blue jewel color, by Barovier Toso, signed piece. The elegant texture of the tightly twisted glass frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Photo Frame by Fabio Ltd
By Fabio Ltd.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Multi-color shagreen leather and 24 karat gold-plated picture frame by Fabio Ltd Measures: Height 13.5 inches, width 11.5 inches, depth 1 inch Photo size: 8 inches by 10 inches LAST ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold

2000's Olive Green Twisted Murano Glass and Brass Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This beautiful vertical photo frame is purely in the vénitien glass manufacturing tradition.The technique used to get this rich twisted rope effect is called "torciglione" and requi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Lucite, Rattan and Aluminum Picture Frame, Italy 1970s
By Design Editions Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant decorative picture photo frame is perfect for a living space or vanity. The frame features a square shape with clear Lucite and rattan or wicker cane work. Genuine natur...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Unusual Antique Venetian Micro Mosaic Photograph / Picture Frame, circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
A charming and unusual Italian Micro-Mosaic photograph or picture frame with its "folded" corner in the top right-hand side. The metal backing, folding easel stand, fine rope trip...
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Early 1900s Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Glass

1970's Gucci picture frame
By Gucci
Located in New York, NY
1970's Silver plated picture frame by Gucci Great quality Rare vintage piece
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1970s Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Silver Plate

A pair of Italian miniature micro mosaic photo frames circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This rare pair of Italian miniature micro mosaic photo frames is made from brass. They have original hinged easel stands and removable back panels with oval glasses. These beautiful...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass

19th Century Italian Frame in Renaissance Style Wood Marquetry.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century Italian frame in Renaissance style wood marquetry. 19th century Italian Renaissance style wood marquetry frame. Frame: H: 25.5cm, W: 20cm, D: 1cm Interior view: H: 14,8...
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19th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Italian Renaissance Style Frame in Finely Carved Wood, Partially Gilded.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Italian Renaissance style frame in finely carved wood, partially gilded, 19th century. 19th century Italian Renaissance style frame in finely carved and gilded wood. Frame: H: 21.5c...
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19th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

A 1980s Elegant Italian Picture Frame in the style of Gucci Home
By MB Italy, Gucci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A rectangular picture frame designed and manufactured in Italy in the Eighties by MB Italy, the silver plated and gilde metal remembers The style of Gucci home of the period. It's in...
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Late 20th Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Silver Plate

Italian Chrome and Brass Geometric Picture Frame, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stylish picture frame from the 1970s was designed and crafted by Italian designer A. Elle. The gilded brass and chrome geometric design has a Kinetic effect. The easel and back ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Chrome

Italian Modern Sterling Silver Frame for Portrait or Landscape Picture
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window in wide, flat, and plain surround. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Bamboo and Brass Picture Frame, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant brass and bamboo cane photo frame with rectangular shape.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Italian Vintage Picture Frame 20th Century in resin Green White Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Italian Vintage Picture Frame 20th Century in resin Green White Color
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20th Century Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Resin

Italian Baroque Carved and Gilt Frame 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century Italian baroque style frame. Hand carved with gold leaf gilding.
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18th Century Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

SALE Christian Dior Italian Sterling Silver Frame in Mid-Century Modern Style
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior sterling silver picture frame in Mid-Century Modern style, made in Italy, and in oval shape. In new condition and sold with its original papers, pouch, and box, it has...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Photo Frame in Lucite Tortoiseshell and Brass, Christian Dior, Italy, 1970s
By Christian Dior
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century photo frame in tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This charming piece was made in Italy during the 1970s and is attributed to a Christian Dior production. T...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Montagnani Italy Walnut Wood and Metal Picture Frame, 1970s
By Montagnani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Montagnani Firenze, Italy, crafted this stunning picture photo frame in the 1970s. Its Mid-Century modernist design boasts a rectangular shape, with light burl walnut wood geometric ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Aluminum

30% OFF Sale William Scott Leather & Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By William Scott
Located in New York, NY
William Scott leather picture frame with applied sterling silver floral motifs. It measures 12'' by 12'' (inner dimensions are 9'' by 7'') and bears hallmarks as shown. It is in new ...
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20th Century Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

30% OFF Sale Christian Dior Italian Sterling Silver Frame
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior sterling silver picture frame in Mid-Century Modern style, made in Italy. In new condition and sold in its original box, it measures 9 5/8'' by 7 5/8'' in outer dimens...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Gucci Italy Liberty Flower Picture Frame in Box
By Gucci
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian designer Gucci designed this lovely romantic picture photo frame. The frame boasts PU paper with textured patterns in a timeless and elegant "liberty flower" design in fresh ...
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Early 2000s Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal

Montagnani Italy Metal and Walnut Wood Picture Frame, 1970s
By Montagnani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Montagnani Firenze, Italy, crafted this elegant picture photo frame in the 1970s. Its Mid-Century modernist design boasts a rectangular shape, with burl walnut wood geometric veneer ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Aluminum

Pair of Lucite & Rattan Squared Picture Frame Christian Dior Style, Italy, 1970s
By Christian Dior
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of squared picture frames in lucite and rattan in the style of Christian Dior. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The circular lucite photo holder has a ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Cane, Plexiglass, Lucite, Rattan

Gucci Italy Chrome Picture Frame with Nautical Design
By Gucci
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sophisticated picture photo frame crafted by Italian designer Gucci. The piece boasts a chromed metal framing with a nautical design featuring an anchor and boat fittings. The back...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Elegant Gabriella Crespi Circular Photo Frame, Italy, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Elegant Gabriella Crespi Circular Photo Frame, Italy, 1970s Renowned for her elegant and sculptural designs, Gabriella Crespi has excelled yet again with this sophisticated piece....
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Nickel

Modernist Black Lucite Picture Frame, Italy 1980s
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful Italian 1980s modernist Lucite picture photo frame features a thick licorice black Lucite base with beveling topped with carved pole holders. Two sheets of acrylic hol...
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1980s Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Plexiglass, Lucite, Acrylic

Large Mid-Century Venetian Murano Glass Photo Frame 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Large Mid-Century Venetian Murano glass photo frame 1950s It has a hook to hang it on the wall. It can become a mirror. Intact and in good condition, small signs of aging. Purchased ...
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1950s Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Murano Glass

1970s Murano Glass and Brass Photo Frame by Tommaso Barbi
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in London, London
Photo frame By Tommaso Barbi Cushion-shaped Murano glass frame Gold flecked Brass details and stand Stamped on stand Italy 1960s/1970s
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Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century M. Ingrand for Fontana Arte Pink Curved Crystal Frame Italy 60s
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Palermo, IT
Wonderful portrait frame with pink curved crystal frame of rectangular shape with rounded edges, brass support. Designed by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, Italian production since 193...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Italian Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Honeycomb Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Square window in wide and flat surround with incised honeycomb pattern on front; edges plain. With glass and velvet lining and back w...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

1950s Mid-Century Modern Solid Brass italian Picture Frame
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A picture frame that embodies the essence of the 1950s Mid-Century Modern era, crafted with impeccable attention to detail and sophistication. This solid brass frame recalls the bamb...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

END OF THE 19th CENTURY GOLDEN BRONZE FRAME WITH SMALL PAINTING
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid frame in lost wax cast and gilded bronze, dating back to the period in which Florence was the capital (second half of the 19th century). The decoration of the frame is of gr...
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Late 19th Century Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Chrome and Gunmetal Picture Frame with Kinetic Design, Italy 1970s
By Noel BC
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stylish Italian 1970s picture photo frame features a silver and gunmetal chromed metal geometric design with a kinetic effect. The design is reminiscent of the Italian designer ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Mid-Century Curved Leather Italian Picture Frame, Adnet, Italy 1970s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous photo frame fully made in a fantastic curved leather. This charming object was hand-made in Italy during the 1970s clearly in the style of Jacques Adnet design. This deliog...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Leather, Glass

Early 18th Century Italian Salvator Rosa Gilded Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Important “Salvator Rosa” gilded frame late 17th Century Frame with three rows of carvings Original gilding Central Italy Internal measurements Every item of our Gallery, upon ...
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Early 18th Century Louis XIV Antique Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Picture Frame in pure Florentine Renaissance style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the F...
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1980s Renaissance Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Picture Frame floral engraving and hand-painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped frame for oval photos cm. 7.8 x 10.4 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with very fine fire-enameled floral engraving and hand-painted by the painter Renato D...
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1980s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large octagonal table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guilloche, with Napoleon III French Empire style borders and ornaments. External cm. 17 x 17. Weight gr. 483. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1978 on the inspiration of previous artefacts from the early 1900s and manufactured in Florence at the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enameling firings at approximately 750 < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Emanuele Pantanella Wooden Picture Frame, Italy 1980s
By Creators of Objects
Located in Atlanta, GA
Emanuele Pantanella (1939-2014), Italy, designed this sumptuous picture photo frame. Solid tropical wood with a high gloss polished finish in a minimalist geometric shape. Emanuele P...
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1980s Modern Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Glass, Wood

Picture Frame for oval photos enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photos cm. 3 x 4 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel, plum purple, on guilloche, with French Empire Louis XVI style...
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1970s Louis XVI Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

2000's Sky Blue Twisted Murano Glass and Brass Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This beautiful vertical photo frame is purely in the vénitien glass manufacturing tradition.The technique uses to get this rich twisted rope effect is called "torciglione" and requi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling firings at approximately 750° < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category

1980s Art Deco Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...
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1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Green and pink enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table photo frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped enamels fired on guilloche and hand-engraved ornaments. Late Empire Napoleon ...
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1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1980s Barovier style Art Deco Clear Murano Glass and Brass Picture Frame
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A clear murano glass picture frame designed and manufactured in Venice in the style of Barovier, it's in lovely conditions. This vintage photo frame is a beautiful and elegant piece ...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

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