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Picture Frames For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1940s
English Edwardian Modern Sterling Silver Picture Frame, 1923
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver picture frame. Made by Docker & Burn Ltd in Birmingham in 1923. Rectangular window in flat cutout curvilinear shaped surround. A simplified postwar Edwardian...
Category

1920s British Edwardian Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid-Century M. Ingrand for Fontana Arte Pink Curved Crystal Frame Italy 60s
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...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Rare & Pretty Pair of Porcelain Mosaic Inlay Photograph Picture Frames ca. 1900
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and perfectly handcrafted pair of picture frames. If you are looking for the perfect picture frames for a pair of small photos of your children or of you and your wife or hu...
Category

Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Important Art Deco Chrome Picture Frame, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This impressive French Art Deco picture photo frame features a high-end quality build with polished chromed metal boasting a silhouetted stylized sunrise shape with four chrome rays ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
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 Italian Art Nouveau Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Photo Frame Art Deco Style Black and White Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Black with white milk design Rectangular photo frame in 800/1000 silver gold plated with fire enamels. External cm. 13.4 x 17.4 Internal cm. 9 x 13. Weight gr. 199. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Made in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick and thick slabs reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750° < 800° C. 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 Italian Art Deco Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Vintage Sterling Silver Photo Frame London 20th C
Located in London, GB
A superb decorative sterling silver photo frame by Carrs of Sheffield, with makers mark RC and hall marks for Sheffield 1996. Beautiful portrait or landscape frame decorated with...
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1990s English Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair of Picture Frame, Polished Brass, Made by J.H. France, 1900s
Located in Verviers, BE
Pair of Picture Frame, Polished Brass, Made by J.H. France, 1900s Pair photograph frame (or miniature frame) with classical Victorian design. Typical frame for wedding photographs....
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Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Art Deco picture frame around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco picture frame around 1920s Polished and stove enameled The picture is only for the photoshooting
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

French Art Deco Wooden Picture Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acquired in Paris France, a stunning Art Deco, Arts and Crafts wooden picture frame. Likely hand made and out of two different woods. Simple, yet stunni...
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Picture Frames

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique George V Sterling Silver Photograph Frame (1911)
By E.F. Braham Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver photograph frame; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional antique George V sterling silver photograph frame has a rounded rectangular form with an incurved, domed upper portion and a plain rectangular internal window. The surface of this George V silver photo frame is plain and embellished with a paralleling embossed decorated border to the rim. This antique silver photograph frame...
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1910s English Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Edwardian Synyer & Beddoes Sterling Silver Photograph Frame
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver photograph frame; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver ...
Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Christian Dior Italian Sterling Silver Frame 30% OFF Mother's Day Sale
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...
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Large Silver Frame by Russian Manufactory Grachev early 20th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Simple and strict shape large photo/picture frame of medium. Presumably the frame was made by Factory of the Grachev brothers (see marks “Br. Grachev”) at the beginning of the 20th c...
Category

Early 20th Century Russian Empire Picture Frames

Materials

Silver

Antique American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
American Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in same flat surround. On front acid-etched and engraved leaves and flower heads. Fluid and distended ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rare Estate Glittering Emerald Swarovski Crystal Elements Picture Photo Frame
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are Offering is A Spectacular Rare One of a Kind 5" x 7" Photo Frame with SWAROVSKI Crystal Elements and Stones from all over the World. The Mirror is Beautiful...
Category

20th Century American Picture Frames

Materials

Crystal

Montagnani Italy Walnut Wood and Metal Picture Frame, 1970s
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 ...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Aluminum

Christian Dior Home Collection Paris Silver Plate Picture Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely Christian Dior Paris silver plate picture frame boasts a tall rectangular shape with a rope pattern all around it. The back and easel are in high gloss varnish dark wood....
Category

1970s French Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

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...
Category

Early 1900s Italian Antique Picture Frames

Materials

Glass

Gorgeous American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous American Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1900. Rectangular window in flat surround. On front acid-etched iris flowers with floppy, irregular petals and scrolle...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Montagnani Italy Metal and Walnut Wood Picture Frame, 1970s
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 ...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Aluminum

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...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Art Deco Colbalt Glass Floral Etched Picture Frame
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A vintage cobalt blue glass picture frame with floral etchings, Cobalt blue is a vibrant and intense blue, reminiscent of the deep blue color of cobalt salts. It has a rich and satur...
Category

1920s Greco Roman Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Glass

Chrome and Black Leather Picture Frame, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Large 1970s photo frame made of chrome metal and black leather.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Chrome

Gucci Italy Chrome Picture Frame with Nautical Design
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...
Category

1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

1990s Barovier Style Art Deco Amber Murano Glass and Brass Picture Frame
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amber Murano glass picture frame designed and manufactured in Venice in the style of Barovier in lovely condition. The vintage photo frame is a beautiful and elegant piece of deco...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Antique Tiffany Edwardian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Rectangular window in same flat surround. Acid-etched meandering ivy on front and sides. With gla...
Category

Early 20th Century American Edwardian Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Mid Century Silver Plated Photo Frame by Carrs of Sheffield
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and architectural silver plated vintage photo frame. A legacy in design, Carrs of Sheffield proposes whimsical design for home decor. This beautiful piece exudes silver met...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Silver Plate

Modernist Black Lucite Picture Frame, Italy 1980s
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...
Category

1980s Italian Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Plexiglass, Lucite, Acrylic

Christian Dior Paris Silver Plate Engraved Logo Picture Frame in Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful silver plate picture photo frame made by Christian Dior Home Collection Paris. The geometric shape has a "Dior" logo engraved on the bottom area. The back and easel are i...
Category

1990s French Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Large Mid-Century Carved Painted Wood Picture Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Carved Painted Wood Frame, 1950's Fantastic carved wood frame with liner, in a distressed finish and incredible patina. Great piece for your favorite oil painting as well as could a...
Category

Mid-20th Century European French Provincial Picture Frames

Materials

Wood, Paint, Giltwood

Gabriella Crespi Large Brass Rectangular Picture Frame, Signed
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 Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Antique Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Large Picture Frame, Circa 1930s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Nouveau period gilt bronze picture frame featuring a draped lady and flora USA, Circa 1930s Measures: 9.75"W x 7"D x 12.5"H. Opening is 6.75"W x 8.5"H. Good origina...
Category

1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Christian Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite Picture Frame, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Christian Dior designed this stunning picture frame for his Christian Dior Home Collection in the 1970s. It is the perfect way to showcase your favorite photos. The frame has a round...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Plexiglass, Lucite, Acrylic

Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze and Slag Glass Large Picture Frame
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and outstanding antique Arts & Crafts period large picture frame By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th Century Patinated bronze in iconic pine needle pattern, with b...
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Silver Photo Frame
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Very nice decorative photo frame in 925 silver. Probably made in France.
Category

1950s French Art Deco Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Elegant Gabriella Crespi Circular Photo Frame, Italy, 1970s
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....
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Nickel

1940s Brass Hands Calling Card Memo Picture Holder Stand
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Brass Hands Calling Card Letter Note Picture Holder Stand Hands have spring clips. 14.25 h x 4 diameter Preowned vintage condition. Refer to images.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Mirror picture frame
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Mirror picture frame
Category

1940s French Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Glass

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 ...
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Murano Glass

French Art Deco Pair of Mirror Standing Photo Frames, circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of picture frames in beveled mirror. French, circa 1930. Some signs of wear on on the the frame and very small sharps in the left bottom ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Picture Frames

Materials

Glass, Mirror

Pair of Lucite & Rattan Squared Picture Frame Christian Dior Style, Italy, 1970s
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 Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Cane, Plexiglass, Lucite, Rattan

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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Lucite, Rattan and Aluminum Picture Frame, Italy 1970s
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...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Mirrored Picture Frame, France 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined French mirrored picture photo frame has lovely silver mirror-beveled edges with a deep geometric design. You can arrange the picture frame in either a portrait or landsc...
Category

1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Glass, Mirror

1970s Murano Glass and Brass Photo Frame 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
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Mirror Picture Frame, France 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stylish French mirrored picture photo frame features silver mirror-beveled edges with a deep geometric design. You can arrange the picture frame in either a portrait or landscap...
Category

1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Glass, Mirror

1950s Cuban Crocodile Picture Frame . Opening Is 6.25 x 4.5
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Cuban crocodile frame. Opening is 6.25 x 4.5.
Category

1950s Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Crocodile

1950s Mid-Century Modern Solid Brass italian Picture Frame
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 Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Chrome and Gunmetal Picture Frame with Kinetic Design, Italy 1970s
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 Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Jean Claude Mahey, Paris Oxblood Lacquer and Brass Picture Frame, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
French designer Jean Claude Mahey designed and crafted this luxury modernist picture photo frame in the 1970s. The decorative piece features an elegant Oxblood colored lacquered wood...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique Heavy Gilt Bronze Mirror Picture Artwork Photo Frame 13" x 16"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique heavy gilt bronze picture / mirror frame, cast to resemble a carved giltwood frame. Beveled edge decorated with an engraved scalloped ripple design; visible on both sides of ...
Category

Early 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Curved Leather Italian Picture Frame, Adnet, Italy 1970s
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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Leather, Glass

Picture Frame floral engraving and hand-painted Sterling Silver 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...
Category

1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame in pure Florentine Renaissance style 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...
Category

1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Art Deco Gilt Metal Picture Frame with inset Glass and Flapper Picture
Located in London, GB
Lovely Art Deco gilt metal picture frame in a classic design, with inset glass and a picture of a flapper. The frame has a metal support support arm which works well. Measuring widt...
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate

Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver 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 Italian Art Deco Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver 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...
Category

1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique, New and Vintage Picture Frames

Picture frames have the distinct role of presenting artwork in your home. A good frame can elevate the appearance of a fine oil painting or provocative fine-art photograph. From ornate handcrafted designs to streamlined wooden styles, some antique, new and vintage picture frames have become stand-alone pieces of art on their own.

Frames were originally a part of paintings themselves before they were separate structures carved from walnut and other woods for use with items like portrait paintings and mirrors. The design of frames evolved in Renaissance-era Italy, where an artist might create his own gilded or painted frame. Today, there are all kinds of picture frames made from a variety of materials, including silver, bronze and acrylic.

Displaying art in the home is an art in and of itself, and trends and new art movements have dictated how picture frames have been integrated into home interiors over the years. When Abstract Expressionist art emerged during the 1930s, for example, collectors utilized minimalist frames to hang abstract works or dispensed with frames entirely. Today, mixing mediums and frame designs make for endless combinations, but knowing how to arrange wall art can help even if you’re feeling adventurous.

Whether it’s a dark wood frame for your landscape paintings, a sleek chrome mid-century modern frame to show off your black-and-white photography or a bold Art Deco frame that might completely outshine its subject, find an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage picture frames on 1stDibs.

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