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Miniature Mudejar Archway w Inlaid Frame, Inspired by the Alhambra, Spain c.1900
Located in Lisse, NL
This beautifully handcrafted wall piece pays tribute to the splendor of Andalusian architecture, echoing the intricate arches and decorative flourishes of the Alhambra in Granada. Made in early 20th-century Spain, it captures the spirit of Islamic Revival style with striking detail and artisan precision.
At its center are three classic horseshoe arches, richly adorned with arabesques and supported by slender columns topped with finely worked capitals. A palette of soft reds, blues, and golds brings depth and warmth, further elevated by a rich burgundy velvet background. Surrounding the scene is a remarkable inlaid wooden frame, featuring delicate geometric patterns and flowing Arabic calligraphy — hallmarks of Neo-Mudejar design.
This is not only a decorative object but a conversation piece, a rare combination of cultural history, architectural beauty, and fine craftsmanship.
There are signs of restorations and some chipping to the plasterwork, mostly along the edges, but nothing that takes away from the overall beauty or structural integrity of the piece.
Whether you're a lover of Islamic art, architectural miniatures, or simply looking for something rich in history and charm to add to your space, this piece brings timeless character and a story with it. A rare find with true soul.
The large frame may have some minor losses and but this antique art work...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Moorish Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Alabaster
Picture Frame internal border with enamelled leaves Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Behold the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: a square table photo frame, meticulously crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. This masterpiece features translucent fi...
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1980s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold, 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...
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1990s Italian Modern Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Hand-Carved Oak Picture Frame from France, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1900 hand carved oak picture frame from France. The frame is oval and has hand carved floral and leaf decoration surrounding the central picture place. There is a wood easel ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Oak
Photo Frame Yellow Enamel and Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photograph frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower garlands in the late 19th century...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Giltwood Frame with Pomegranates
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5734 - Large giltwood frame with pomegranates carved in relief: very fine ! It can be vertical or orizonthal, for a mirror or for a picture.
I h...
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Fruitwood
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 Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
2010 Modern Italian Gold Amber Crystal Twisted Murano Glass Brass Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a amber orange gold color, overlayed in crystal. The elegant texture of the tightly ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Giltwood Wall Bracket
Located in Sheffield, MA
Ornate "S" scroll Italian Florentine giltwood hand carved wall bracket.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Pair of Hand Carved Anglo Indian Teak Wood Picture Frames
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century pair of hand carved Anglo-Indian teak wood picture frames
Beautiful matching pair of hand carved frames.
Each frame measures 8" x 13". The openings measures 4.5" x 6.5...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Glass, Teak
Italy Early 19th Century Neoclassical Rectangular Wood Frame
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant wood frame, lacquered in mat gold. The thick hand carved border also is lacquered in gold.
The frame has the look of the past and shows all the signs of the age, ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$919 Sale Price
30% Off
SET SALTA Photoframes, Black Onyx & Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
6" x 4"
7" x 5"
10" x 8"
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and b...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
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 Italian Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Rococo Pierce Carved Giltwood Frame with Shell Decoration
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Rococo style pierce carved giltwood frame with shell decoration, probably Italian in origin, dating to the 17th/18th century, in very good condition, with minor gilt rubs, imp...
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Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood
American Oil on Board Landscape with Young Lady and Rabbit, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on board landscape of young lady standing by rabbit in foreground with the original molded pine frame and wood backing. Early 19th century.
Category
1820s American American Classical Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Pine, Paint
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
Late 20th Century Indian Islamic Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Bone, Horn
20th Century French Pair of Bronze Hand Made Picture Frames
Located in Sofia, BG
French pair of hand made small bronze frames for a picture or photo 10 by 15 cm. Very delicate details and authentic condition.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Bronze
Italian Florentine Gold Black Gilded Wood Art Frame Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Florentine Black and Gold Gilded Frame, Italy. Fantastic art frame or potential mirror with incredible patina that would work with your favorite watercolor or oil painting. For an a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large Photo Frame Walnut Wood, Humour Wood
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour wood is a large wood photo
frame, a design edition of the Italian collection of picture frames Laura G Art with Heart.
It is realized by Italian handcrafts in walnut wood.
It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood
Four Italian Charles XX Sculpted and Gilded Wood Picture Frames Set of 4
Located in Milano, MI
Set of four Antique Gilt Frames of oval shape with ferine feet and a shell-shaped cymatium and two median decorations consisting of the interlacing of the outline of the outer frame ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Leaf
Frame Carved Wood, Polychrome and Gold, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Carved wooden frame, polychromed and gilded made with different elements of marked Renaissance influence, resulting in an architectural composition with staggered base, two ribbed pi...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood
1900s French Bronze Medallions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four. Dore bronze. Profiles are bisque on velvet. Finely chased details. Possibly 19th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Bronze
$4,500 / set
Antique Rare Italian Gold Gilded Hand-Carved Frame Early 17th Century
Located in Doha, QA
A truly magnificent Italian Renaissance gold gilded hand carved frame. Amazing craftsmanship and a very good condition for its age.
Painting which fits inside (painting opening), di...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood
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
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian Deep Well Walnut Frame with Gilt Accents, Matted Under Glass
Located in Doylestown, PA
Victorian deep well walnut and etched plaster frame matted under glass, late 19th-early 20th century.
Elegant handcrafted wood frame layered with an ebonized band, a decorated, etch...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Plaster, Walnut
Art nouveau oak photo frame with copper decorations by Geo Verbanck
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1905 / Photo Frame / Geo Verbanck / oak, copper / Art Deco / Art Nouveau
Photo frame in Art Nouveau style with copper decorations by the Belgium artist Geo Verbanck. This ...
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Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Copper
Arabic Antique Wooden Photo / Picture Frame Easel Inlaid Silver Scrolling Motifs
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted of one piece of solid wood, inlaid with silver, scrolling, decorative picture frame.
This picture frame is easy to fold into a cross legged standing position and this ra...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Islamic Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Silver
Chalten Small Wood & Alpaca Silver Photoframe
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Inspired by the trails of the Chalten Mountain, in the south of the Andes mountain range, this family of trays, flower vases, containers and picture frames is born. The mountain hiking trails...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Metal
Set of Two 1880s Blackforest Pictureframes Made of Wood
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a set of two unique Blackforest wooden pictureframes. The Frames have been hand carved in the shape of branches and maple leaves. The come complete with glass, some cardb...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood
Carved Napoleon III Oak and Velvet Mirror, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Large and gorgeous frame, with hand-carved thistles motifs applied to a deep teal blue velvet background. The wood is oak. New mirror.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Velvet
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Square Photo Frame with Translucent Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 9251000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché. Modern contemporary style. Cut glass. Blue velvet panel. External dimensions 10...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage European Rectangular Wood Painted Gilt Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fantastic painted and carved gilt gold art frame found in a Paris market. Perfect piece for that special oil painting or watercolor. This frame has fantastic patina.
Inside measurem...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold
Hand Carved 19th Century European Frames
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming set of 3 Hand Carved 19th Century European Frames. Beautifully hand carved wood (walnut?) with motifs with buckle straps, rope work and c...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood
$1,295 / set
Italian Contemporary Hand-Carved Wood Frame with Gold Leaf Cover, Custom Sizes
Located in Prato, IT
Italian contemporary hand-carved round wood frame with gold leaf cover. Available in custom sizes.
Measures: Diameter cm.66 x 9 (Internal diameter cm.35).
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood
20th Century Countryside Oil Canvas Painting
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Oil Canvas Countryside Scene Painting by Leonor. It depicts a large and blossom Flamboyant tree in front of a country house. The water of a lake near the house reflected t...
Category
20th Century Unknown Country Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Art Deco Double Dresser Frame 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection.
Unique find.
An attractive Art Deco 1930 period Hand crafted, hand incised wooden double dresser photographic frame, 1930 - ready for you to...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood, Pine
$995 Sale Price
33% Off
SALTA Medium Photoframe, Cream Onyx & Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unusual. Have never seen one like this. Most likely had a painting inset, but mirror could be placed inside. Stand alone or hang on wall.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Picture Frame large size Red Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photograph frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with borders and laurel frieze in Louis XVI French Empire style. Exte...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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...
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Late 20th Century Indian Islamic Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Bone, Horn
Small shaped Picture Frame tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral ...
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1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Arts and Crafts Patinaed Carved Frame
Located in Riverdale, NY
Attractive arts and crafts patinaed hand carved wood frame in a matte burnished green gold with red highlights on the flowers.
1900, USA. Measures : Glass area 20" x 16".
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Wood
Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
Located in Firenze, FI
This exquisite Picture Frame Napoleon III is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Squared Shape and sky colour for the fire enameled surface on guilloche.
Picture Frame Napoleon III...
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1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Newcomb Macklin Style Arts & Crafts Giltwood Picture Frame, U.S., Circa 1940's
Located in Chatham, ON
Newcomb Macklin style Arts & Crafts/Mission Style giltwood picture frame - unsigned - U.S.A. - circa 1940's.
Excellent vintage condition - minor gilt and gesso loss (as photograph...
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Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Leaf
Small Picture Frame Rounded Round English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small rounded round frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter 7 cm, internal 5 cm. Weigh...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Small shaped Picture Frame red heart Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped frame in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, modern contemporary style. External cm. 7.4 x 7.6 internal cm. 4.5 x 4.8. Weigh...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Baroque Painted & Giltwood Frame or Mirror, Hand Carved, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Baroque style Florentine painted and giltwood picture or mirror frame - expertly hand carved from one solid piece of wood - featuring robust gilded laurel leaf carving to the raised front - surrounded by red lacquer to the curving sides - all surrounded by an undulating ribbon border - replaced hanger to the back - unsigned - Italy - 18th century.
Excellent antique condition - vintage replacement...
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Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Small Picture Frame Rectangular English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 7 x 9 internal cm. 3.8 x 5.8. Weight g...
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Triptych hinged shaped frame for 3 photographs Blue Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Triptych hinged shaped frame for 3 photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with borders and ornaments in French Louis XVI Empi...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
American Oil on Canvas Ship Captain with Spyglass in Orig, Gilt Frame, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait oil on canvas of a young ship captain holding a spyglass with a sailing ship, crew in rowboat, and gulls in lower background mounted in the original decorative gilt...
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1840s American American Empire Antique Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Picture Frame with enamel on a sunburst guilloché Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Embrace a timeless treasure that echoes grandeur: an exquisite oval-shaped photo frame, sculpted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. Its translucent enamel adorns a sunburst g...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, 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 Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Black and White Enamel Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco-style geometric design. External dimensions cm. 14.5 x 14.5 internal cm. 9 x 9. Weight gr. 260. Designed b...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Square Table Frame White and Blue Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè, with bord...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Hand-Carved Picture Frames
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Photo Frame /Picture Frame in Plexiglass , Sharing Red Round
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing round red is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is de...
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Stone, Onyx, Metal
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