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Stitched Brown Crocodile-Embossed Leather Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This luxury modernist leather picture frame was crafted in France circa 1970. This sophisticated piece boasts an all-leather construction with crocodile-embossed leather on the front...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Leather

Christian Dior Paris Chrome Metal Picture Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite Christian Dior Paris chromed metal picture frame features a plain and minimalist geometric shape with an oval picture view. The rare piece was crafted in France circa ...
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French Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Chrome

Tommaso Barbi Large Brass and Bamboo Photo Frame Italy 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Tommaso Barbi photography holder created in Brass and Bamboo circa 1970 elegant and very minimal .
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

Lucite and Brass Decor Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning modernist picture frame was designed in Italy. The rare piece was crafted circa 1970. The photo frame boasts a refined minimalist form featuring a thick black Lucite sl...
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Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass

1970s Chrome and Brass Picture Frame
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Chrome and Brass Picture Frame Clear glass in picture frame opening (as shown in picture) Opened Depth: 7”
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Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Sleek Gold Frame Classic Wooden Frame Gilded 53x43cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful pine wood gilded gold frame, high-quality frame in classical style, second half of the 20th century. Nice size frame to be creative with, as a mirror, chalkboard, Christma...
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Belgian Baroque Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Pine

Modernist Glass Picture Frame, France circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stylish French Space Age green glass picture photo frame features a round domed design with a kinetic effect. The piece was crafted circa 1970. The easel and the back are covere...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Vintage Set of 4 Harris G Strong Framed Ceramic Hand Finished Tiles, 1970s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful tiles by American ceramic artist Harris G Strong. Harris G Strong stands for his iconic work in earthenware hand painted tiles. This set of 4...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Italian Chrome and Brass Geometric Picture Frame, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 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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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Chrome

Umberto Mascagni Chrome and Straw Marquetry Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Umberto Mascagni, Italy, designed and crafted this stunning picture frame circa 1970. The piece boasts chromed metal and straw marquetry combinations. The metal easel at the back has...
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Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Picture Frame pearl gray enamel and hand-painted Garlands Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent pearl gray enamel fired on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of late 19th century Viennese Art Nouveau ...
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Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Felice Antonio Botta Photo Frame in Chrome Metal and Briar, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Photo frame chrome metal and burl wood designed by Felice Antonio Botta in the 1970s.
Category

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

Materials

Chrome

Blue Coral Inlaid Picture Frame by Maitland Smith
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A rare and exquisitely crafted photo frame by Maitland-Smith, featuring hand-inlaid tessellated blue coral set within a sleek brass frame. Created in the 1980s, this piece reflects t...
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Philippine Post-Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Coral, Brass

Alvar Aalto for Artek Pine Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning pine wood photo frame, designed by renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto for Artek, captures the essence of Scandinavian craftsmanship. The rare piece was...
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Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Pine

Italian Vintage Picture Frame Chrome and Brass, 1970s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vintage Italian picture frame, 1970s. this has been made in Italy. In Chrome and brass.
Category

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

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Puiforcat - Sterling Silver Photo Frame
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sterling silver photo frame from Maison Puiforcat With guilloché decoration Minerva hallmark 1st title Puiforcat silversmith hallmark Length: 32.2 cm Width: 26.2 cm Weigh...
Category

French Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Montagnani Italy Modernist Wood and Metal Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Montagnani Firenze designed this stunning picture frame. The rare piece was crafted in Italy circa 1970. The photo frame features a Mid-Century modernist form, with a rectangular sha...
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Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal

Picture Frame Oval Emerald Green enamel and hand-carved Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent emerald green fired enamel on guilloché and with ornaments in the French Empire Napoleon III style. External...
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Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian Vintage Picture Frame 1970s Chrome Brass Silver and Gold Colors
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vintage Italian picture frame, 1970s. this has been made in Italy. In Chrome and brass.
Category

French Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Vintage Wooden Baroque Rococo Style Frame Classic Gold 35x29cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage wooden classic frame with beautiful age patina, completely in baroque or rococo style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns in relief, patinated to make it lo...
Category

European Baroque Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Vintage Pair Sterling Silver Photo Frames by Arthur Price & Co 1994 19x13cm
Located in London, GB
A truly superb pair of Vintage Neo-classical sterling silver photo frames, by Arthur Price and Co, with hallmarks for London and Dated 1994. The beautiful shaped rectangular photo ...
Category

Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Picture Frame Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite Attributed to Team Guzzini, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful picture frame in faux tortoiseshell lucite attributed to Team Guzzini. The photograph is protected between two sheets of transparent acrylic that slide inside t...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass

Vintage Italian Picture Frame, 1970s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vintage Italian picture frame, 1970s. this has been made in Italy. In xhrome and brass.
Category

Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Picture Frame in Wood, Chrome and Glass by Felice Antonio Botta, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful large rectangulare picture frame in wood, chrome and glass by Felice Antonio Botta. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original label is still attached as shown i...
Category

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

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Chrome and Horn Inlaid Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This luxury picture frame was crafted in Italy in the 1970s. The photo frame has an unexpected combination of materials that come together to create a sophisticated design with moder...
Category

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

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Gucci Silvered and Gilded Picture Frame, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bring a touch of timeless luxury to your interior with this exquisite Gucci-designed picture frame, a true masterpiece from the brand's prestigious Interior Collection. Crafted in It...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome, Gold Plate

Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Decois in 925/1000 sterling silver. Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco has white fired enamels on guilloché. Picture Frame vertical lines has two...
Category

Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Sterling Silver Octagonal Yellow Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamels on guillochè. Modern contemporary style. Exterior 17 x 18.5 cm, interior for round photo d...
Category

Italian Modern Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Set of 2 1980s Ashtrays & Picture Frame in Cut Glass
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This set is composed by 2 glass ashtrays and 1 glass picture frame. Very good condition. Picture frame: cm 13 H x 10 W x 2,6 D Ashtray: cm 3 H x 9 W x 9 D.
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Italian Post-Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Cut Glass

Vintage Gilt Gold Guilloche Enamel Photo Frame by Kitney & Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Kitney & Co. Guilloché Enamel Ornate Picture Frame. This stunning miniature frame was made in London, England by Kitney & Co., renowned for their fine craftsmanship and atten...
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English Rococo Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal

Picture Frame White flowers hand painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame is in 925/1000 sterling silver and gold plated 24 carats. Picture Frame has white fired enamels on guilloché. Picture Frame has an hand-painted floral miniature by the ...
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Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Vintage Sterling Silver Photo Frame by Arthur Price & Co 1996 13x9cm
Located in London, GB
A truly superb Vintage Neo-classical sterling silver photo frame, by Arthur Price and Co, with hallmarks for London, Dated 1996. The beautiful shaped rectangular shaped photo frame...
Category

Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Silver

Picture Frame Oval Ruby Red enamel and hand-carved Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent ruby red fired enamel on guilloché and with ornaments in the French Empire Napoleon III style. External size...
Category

Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian 1970s Multi Windows Picture Frame in Brass, Chrome and Leather
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1970s Multi Windows Picture Frame in Brass, Chrome, and Leather Sold by Nella Longari, probably by Romeo Rega
Category

Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Sterling Silver Argento SC Italian Textured Photo Frame
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Sterling Silver Argento SC Italian Photo Frame. Luxury Argento SC hammered sterling silver picture frame. Dual easel for portrait and landscape tabletop display. Crocodile textured c...
Category

Italian Post-Modern Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid Century Montagnani Italy Metal and Walnut Wood Picture Frame
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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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass, Aluminum

Small shaped Picture Frame 2 oval portrait Blue Navy color enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small shaped frame for 2 oval photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche in Art Nouveau style. External dimensions cm. 5.2 x 7 int...
Category

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Louis XVI White Photo Frame Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border interna...
Category

Italian Empire Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Michael Aram Butterfly Ginkgo Easel Photo Frame
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michael Aram Butterfly Ginkgo Easel Photo Frame with original box.The Michael Aram Butterfly Ginkgo Collection, including the photo frame, celebrates the representation of flora and fauna. Executed at the highest level of hand-craftsmanship each piece is rendered in solid cast bronze.The pieces in the collection are a tour de force of Indian craft and capture the poetic spirit that is so deeply indicative of Michael's work. Branches and butterflies in warm-toned bronze bring a touch of nature to this Butterfly Ginkgo Easel frame by Michael Aram, adding a sweet accent to your cherished memories. "The idea that the leaves on the Gingko tree could evoke the beauty of butterflies was magical to me, like trees that can metamorphose from flora to fauna in the blink of an eye." Michael Aram * Includes: 8.5"W X 6"H easel...
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Indian Organic Modern Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze

Picture Frame oval photos French Empire Napoleon III style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border, intern...
Category

Italian Empire Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Replica Bijoux/Athenes - Vintage Photo Frame W/ Rhinestones - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
REPLICA BIJOUX - ATHENES - Vintage handmade sheet metal picture/photo frame - set with various colored rhinestones - signed/stamped on the back support - Greece (Athens) - late 20th ...
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Greek Modern Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal

Italian Red Burgundy Suede and Snakeskin Picture Frame, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A '70s Modern Italian red burgundy suede and snakeskin picture frame, circa 1970s, Italy. Frame can sit in two positions; vertical (as shown) o...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Animal Skin, Suede

Gabriella Crespi Half Moon Picture Frames Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A nice pair of brushed Steel picture frames (or mirrors) Designed by Gabriella Crespi, engraved signature Left and right. Price is for the pair
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Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Steel

Photo frame in decorated crystal and Brass Italian Design, 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Photo frame in decorated crystal and brass Italian Design 1970s.
Category

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

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Picture Frame Green and pink enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver 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 ...
Category

Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Vintage Italian Brass Picture Frame 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Vintage Italian Brass Picture Frame from the 1980s features a sleek, elegant design characteristic of the era. Made from high-quality bra...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass

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

Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Midcentury Picture Frame Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite by Team Guzzini, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful picture frame in faux tortoiseshell lucite and brass details by Team Guzzini. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass

Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver 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...
Category

Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame in Faux Tortoise Lucite, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Art Deco style photo/picture frame in lucite faux tortoiseshell lucite with an S curved design. This piece seems to never have been used and appear as new. In very nice condition wit...
Category

Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Lucite, Plexiglass

Large Aluminum and Brass Photo Frame, Italy, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Large aluminum and brass photo frame, Italy, 1970s Typical design of those years. Intact. Small signs of the time.
Category

Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Gucci Horsebit Picture Frame, Nickel, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Gucci Horsebit picture frame, nickel, signed. Stirrup form photo frame in polished nickel. The display opening is 5.63 inches in height by 5.75 inches wide. The four circular feet on...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Bamboo and Brass Picture Frame, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant brass and bamboo cane photo frame with rectangular shape.
Category

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

Materials

Brass

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

Italian Renaissance Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Scalloped Round Picture Frame in White and Brown Horn Bone Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted round picture frame with scalloped white and brown buffalo horn bone inlaid. Vintage round inlaid bone picture in Moorish Islamic style frame. The frame is created from 3...
Category

Indian Islamic Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Bone, Horn

Round Scalloped Picture Frame in White and Brown Horn Bone Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted round picture frame with scalloped white and brown buffalo horn bone inlaid. Vintage round inlaid bone picture in Moorish Islamic style frame. The frame is created from 3...
Category

Indian Islamic Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Bone, Horn

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

Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Russian Empire Fabergè style Rectangular photo frame with 2 oval borders and orn
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with 2 oval borders internal size cm. 4 x 5.2 and ornaments with festoons a...
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Italian Other Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Mid-Century Modern Brass Lucite Tortoiseshell Photo Frame, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nicolosi, IT
A quintessential example of 1970s Italian design, this striking photo frame combines rich tortoiseshell-effect bakelite with a clear Lucite insert. The frame (20 × 25 cm) with softly...
Category

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

Materials

Brass

Gucci Photo Frame, Horsebit, Silverplate, Brass, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Gucci photo frame, horsebit, silver plate brass, signed. Small scale silver plate frame decorated with two brass horsebits. Impressed marked on edge ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Silver Plate

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