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What is cold-painted metal?

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What is cold-painted metal?
Cold-painted metal is metal that features enamel paint applied after a craftsman casts the object. Most cold-painted objects are bronze. The crafting technique emerged during the Art Deco period. Find a selection of cold-painted metal art and furniture on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Lamp
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Denton, TX
Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of an Middle Eastern man riding a camel at the Oasis trading post.
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze "Owl"
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Beautiful Antique Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Owl A very fine early 20th Century Austrian bronze figure of a barn owl standing on an integral bronze plinth.
Category

20th Century Austrian Late Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of cold painted bronze Neapolitan dancers
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century cold painted bronze statues of two Neapolitan dancers.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMAN Austrian, (1861-1936) A Fine Quality Austrian cold-painted Bronze Table Lamp and Sculpture Depicting an Arab merchant, stamped to reverse with Bergman foundry mark and...
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Austrian cold painted bronze cheroot cutter
Located in London, GB
A most unusual Austrian polychrome cold painted bronze of a boy with cheroot cutter.
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Viennese Orientalist Cold-Painted Bronze Figurative Lamp
Located in London, GB
The lamp is crafted from cold-painted bronze, an intricate technique that produces vibrant colours.
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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