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Period: Mid-20th Century
Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Silvered Pineapple Ice Bucket and Sugar Bowl
By Mauro Manetti
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian vintage set of decorative lidded bowls in the shape of pineapple will brighten your table. Stylish Mid-century Modern ice bucket and sugar bowl or candy box clad in a naturalistic silvered metal finish, manufactured in 1970 circa in the style of Mauro Manetti, Florence.
The largest container is an ice bucket, so useful for ice cubes and even ice cream or sorbet, the cold is guaranteed by the internal removable tin liner, frozen for a long time as the lid sits tight on the bucket.
The smaller pineapple, fitted with a removable blue glass vase can be used as a decorative candy box, sugar bowl or ashtray or trinket case...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence
Materials
Metal, Tin
Portrait of a Woman, 1940s-50s. Signed Vera d’Angara, Italian-Russian actress
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a Woman, 1940s-50s. Signed Vera d’Angara, Italian-Russian actress
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Height 59 cm x Width 58 cm
Frame: Painted wooden frame
The portrait...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Florence
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
set 3 Chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe "MR10" by Thonet
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Thonet
Located in Firenze, FI
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe "MR10" by Thonet set 3 chair.
- Chromed tubular steel frame
- Original rattan or cane seat
- Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and produced by Thonet...
Category
1960s German Bauhaus Vintage Florence
Materials
Steel
Italian chandelier attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant 1950s Italian chandelier attributed to Pietro Chiesa, designed for Fontana Arte.
Four transparent etched glasses with brass frame.
The chandelier has four E14 light sources.
...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Florence
Materials
Glass
Toni Zuccheri, Membrane Table Lamp, Venini, 1960s, Museum Piece
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
I believed Membrane were part of Toni Zuccheri collaboration with VeArt in the 1970s. This table lamp shows the Membrane sphere over a Classic Midcentury base...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Chrome
Elettra Lounge Chair Original Vintage Piece Designed by Studio BBPM Italy 1954
By Studio BBPR
Located in Florence, IT
Rare single 'Elettra' lounge chair, an original vintage piece designed by the renowned architectural firm BBPR, founded by Gianluigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgioioso, Enrico Pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence
Materials
Metal
Fine Ruby Sapphire and Diamond Clip Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Of geometric design with square-shaped sapphire and rubies mounted in 18kt white and yellow gold.
Size: 5cm x 3.5cm
Weight: 22.86gr.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver and Enamel Compact, 1952
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Elizabeth II English sterling silver and enamel...
Category
1950s British Art Nouveau Vintage Florence
Materials
Silver
Collector's Eclectic Set of 8 Cenedese Flutes, Each in Different Design, Unique
By Amelio Cenedese, Cenedese
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
A rare find. This is from the personal collection of Amelio Cenedese.
I had the privilege to access and become the owner of this large collection of Cenedese single pieces and grouped them in eclectic sets...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
18 Karat Yellow Gold Ruby and Diamond Cluster Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Cabochon ruby and diamond cluster ring
Size: 7
Category
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Egg 4 Picture frames in Dark Red enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg 4 Picture frames is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Egg 4 Picture frames has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand.
Egg 4 Picture fr...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of 6 of 12 Cenedese Champagne Goblets Murano Cobalt Glass Gold Accent Signed
By Amelio Cenedese, Maestri Muranesi
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Extremely rare set of glass goblets. There are 12 and this is the listing if someone is interested in the set of 6.
The cup and foot base are in cobalt blue. This style of cup is wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Florence
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Crystal Prism and Leaves Mirror Sconces Midcentury 1950
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing one light each. Will be rewired with certified US UL sockets for the USA. Vintage crystal prisms and big Murano glass leaves on top. Mirrors have some silver missing. Re-wir...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Florence
Materials
Crystal
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photograph Frame Large Imperial Style White Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver shaped photograph frame with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and rich friezes in Louis XVI French Empire style. External measurements...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Round chandelier by Targetti Sankey, Italy 1960s.
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Firenze, FI
Round pendant lamp with Murano glass, 1960s. Attributed to designer Ludovico Diaz de Santillana director of the Venini company. With clear glass and colored art glass in shades of br...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Florence
Materials
Murano Glass
Collector's Eclectic Set of 6 Cenedese Flutes, 3 Pairs, Different Design, Unique
By Cenedese
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
From the Cenedese personal collection. Here a set of 6 stem glass made in 3 different designs.
All in light fume.
This group is absolutely unique and would become the focus of a ta...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Amber Oval Bead Long Necklace
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
The single-strand of graduated ova...
Category
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Florence
Materials
Amber, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Hand-knotted Cogolin carpet (France) 180 x 123
Located in Firenze, FI
Hand-knotted Cogolin carpet (France) from the 1950s/1960s, measuring 180 x 123 in blue with a blue border. Excellent condition.
Founded in 1928 by Jean Lauer, the Manufacture Cogolin...
Category
1950s French Vintage Florence
Materials
Wool
Charles Lemanceau, Art Déco Cubist Elephant, Saint-Clement, France, 1930
By Saint-Clément, Charles Lemanceau
Located in Firenze, IT
Charles Lemanceau cubist elephant craquelé.
Art Deco crème Craquelés glaze ceramic.
Saint-Clement, France circa 1930
Bibliography: ‘Craqueles ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Ceramic
Turquoise Necklace
Located in Firenze, FI
Unique Turquoise With 18k Gold And Diamonds
2.75 Carats Diamonds , 26.5 Grams Gold
Turquoise is Natural Porosity Without Using Polymers.
Category
1950s Persian Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Pair of Art Noveau wall lamps in pocellana by "Brunquell" Germany
Located in Firenze, FI
These wall sconces, made in the 1960s, are an elegant example of the Art Nouveau style, with their glazed porcelain arm featuring a refined combination of black and white. The harmon...
Category
1960s German Vintage Florence
Materials
Ceramic
Gold Corallium Rubrum Horseshoe Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Set with eight round shape cabochon corallium rubrum
Mounted in yellow gold
43 mm high, 38 mm wide
Weight: 10.5 gr
Category
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Florence
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Enamel Gold Horse Cufflinks
Located in Firenze, IT
Depicting four horse heads.
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Yellow Gold, Gold, Enamel
Egg on Tripod Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs ...
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Midcentury Nickel-Plated Brass Table Mirror / Vanity, Italy, 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Midcentury nickel-plated brass table mirror / vanity
Italy 1960s
nickel-plated brass, mirror
H 38 cm x 36 x 7.5 cm
Conditions: very good consistent with age and use.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Brass
Picture Frame large size Red Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Gold and Bronze Italian Coin Pendant
Located in Firenze, IT
Circular gold mount with Italian coin, 1935ca
Size: diameter 34mm
Weight: 13gr.
Category
1930s Swiss Art Nouveau Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Seated Female Nude, circa 1930-1940, Giorgio Rossi (1894–1981), Tuscan sculptor
Located in Firenze, IT
Seated Female Nude, circa 1930-1940, Giorgio Rossi (1894–1981), Tuscan sculptor
Period: circa 1930-1940
Artist: Giorgio Rossi (1894–1981)
This sculptu...
Category
1930s Florence
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Harry Bertoia, Bench Model 400
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Firenze, IT
Harry Bertoia Bench Model 400
Bench model 400 designed by Harry Bertoia, metal legs and wooden slatted seat.
Manufactured by Knoll International, USA, late 1950s
Bibliography:
S. Ro...
Category
1950s Vintage Florence
Materials
Metal
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Florence
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ruby and Diamond Flower Brooch, circa 1945
Located in Firenze, IT
The stylised flower with single-cut diamond highlights and single-cut rubies, diamonds approx. 0.75ct total, length 4,5cm
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, Ruby
European Anatolian style Ushak rug (Austrian)
Located in Firenze, FI
The European Anatolian-style rug with Ushak bird design with dimensions 390 cm. x 240 cm. It is completely handmade in Austria, and is a textile masterpiece that combines Anatolian a...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Florence
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pair of brass wall sconces with beveled glass Italy
By Pietro Chiesa
Located in Firenze, FI
Pair of brass wall sconces with beveled glass Italy.
dimensions Width 18 cm., height 16 cm., depth 9 cm.
These charming sconces feature a classic and refined design, ideal for enric...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Florence
Materials
Brass
20th CENTURY LARGE MURANO GLASS VASE
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful and unique Murano glass vase. This vase was made with skill, using milky glass for the interior and a polychrome filiform branch structure for the exterior. The polychrome ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Florence
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Joe Colombo, 'Biglia' ashtray, Arnolfo di Cambio Italy 1968
By Joe Colombo, Arnolfo di Cambio
Located in Firenze, IT
Modern ‘Biglia’ ashtray designed by Joe Colombo
Arnolfo di Cambio Italy, 1968
silverplate, glass, crystal
marked on the bottom
H 10 cm - 15 cm diam.
Bibl.: Cfr. 'I Colombo', ca...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
The Port Of Terragon. Watercolor. Circa 1940-1950.
Located in Firenze, IT
The port of Terragon.
Watercolor on paper.
Circa 1940-1950.
Painted on rough watercolor paper, Canson & Montgolfier, old French paper manufacturer.
The chromatic range is played in ...
Category
1940s Neo-Constructivist Florence
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Italian 1960s Coffee Table In Plexiglass And Brass Romeo Rega Style
By Romeo Rega
Located in Firenze, FI
Particular and interesting plexiglass coffee table. The sturdy cube-shaped structure is made of brushed brass with a sheet of plexiglass at the top forms the top of the table, one ac...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Brass
Giovanni Michelucci Serena Chest of Drawers in Walnut Wood by Poltronova 1950s
By Giovanni Michelucci, Poltronova
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Serena chest of drawers entirely realized in walnut wood, with two frontal doors and six drawers (four smaller on the high side and two bigger on the bottom side).
Designed by Giova...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Walnut
Space age orange ceramic vase, Italy ca. 1960
Located in Firenze, IT
Orange space age ceramic vase
Italy ca. 1960
H 30 cm - 26.5 × 7.5 cm
Conditions: good consistent with age and use. Small chips on the base
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Florence
Materials
Ceramic
Carpet Cogolin France Vintage wool Hand knotted 130 x 190
Located in Firenze, FI
Hand-knotted rug from Cogolin, France, 1950/1960, beige with a sage green border. Signs of aging (small stains)
cm. 190x130
Founded in 1928 by Jean Lauer, the Manufacture Cogolin exp...
Category
1950s French Vintage Florence
Materials
Wool
Space age green ceramic vase, Pietro Arosio, Parravicini Italy ca. 1960
Located in Firenze, IT
Green space age ceramic vase designed by Pietro Arosio
Parravicini Italy ca. 1960
Labelled under the base.
H 28 cm - 17 × 11 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Ceramic
Poster Sketch for fashion advertising for FACIS, Italian Pret-a-Porter company.
Located in Firenze, IT
Poster Sketch for fashion advertising for FACIS, Italian Pret-a-Porter company.
Italian Pop art
Water-colour, ink and pencil on paper.
Size with black ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Florence
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Murano Clear Glass Leaf Lamp with Fornasetti Fabric Lampshade, 1940s
Located in Florence, IT
Murano hand-blown clear glass leaf table lamp with square thick and heavy clear glass base. The structure is made of brass. The lampshade is made of the "Egocentrismo Puro" fabric by...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Fabric, Murano Glass
Aella Floor Lamp by Renato Toso & Giovanna Noti Massari for Leucos 1968
By Renato Toso, Leucos
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
AELLA floor lamp a stunning must have collectible, born from the creative minds of designers Renato Toso and Giovanna Noti Massari in 1968. With a longer matte black extruded aluminu...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Aluminum
Beijing blue carpet 250 cm. x 150 cm. China
Located in Firenze, FI
Pure wool Peking rug, entirely hand-knotted measuring 250 cm. x 150 cm..With the classic colors of light blue. This elegant craftsmanship reflects the style and sophistication of the...
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Florence
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Two-Stone Diamond Cocktail Ring, circa 1940
Located in Firenze, IT
The rectangular plaque set with two old brilliant-cut diamonds within rectangular borders and single-cut diamond pave', each diamond approximately 0.80 carats, ring size 7
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
18 Karat Yellow Gold Emerald and Diamond Cluster Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Cabochon emerald and diamond cluster ring
Size: 7
Category
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Photo Frame Large Imperial Style White and Green enamel on Sterling Silver Salim
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped frame for photographs in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and rich friezes in the French Empire Louis XVI style ...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Diamond And Platinum Brooch/Pendant Circa 1950
Located in Firenze, IT
Dimensions: A diamond and platinum brooch/pendant, circa 1950. Gross weight : 27,26 gr. Dimensions : 6 x 3,5 cm.
Approximately diamond 6ct
Name of the artist: TRAVAIL FRANCAIS - Peri...
Category
1950s French Retro Vintage Florence
Materials
Diamond, White Gold, Platinum
Mid-Century Modern Cherry Wood Brass & Three Dimensional Opaline Glass Cabinet
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Stunning three doors cabinet with two removable shelves inside (100 x 41 cm. & 50 x 41 cm.) covered with grey velvet paper and brass details. Old Rose, Mauve, Light Grey, Beige and I...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Brass
European carpet with Zigler design (Austria)
Located in Firenze, FI
Austrian carpet, with Ziegler carpet design, a high-quality handcrafted creation made entirely by hand from fine wool. It measures 280 x 390 cm, ample dimensions that make it suitabl...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Florence
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg on Tripod with folding frame for 6 photos Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod with folding photo frame for 6 photos, inside, in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated, with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. ...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Rölakan wool rug with horses and girl. Swedish design, 1960s
Located in Firenze, FI
Swedish 1960s rug-arazzo attributed to Eva Nemeth with a stylized design, measuring 238 cm. x 172 cm. The white background enhances the light blue design, which depicts a group of ho...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Florence
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Midcentury Folding Tray Table "City of Cards", Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Midcentury folding coffee table.
Fantasia “Città delle Carte” (City of Cards). The rarest and most fascinating Fornasetti’s pattern.
Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950s
French la...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence
Materials
Metal, Brass
