This lovely Rita Frascione Firenze gilt brass and stone marquetry picture frame from the 1980s is a stunning piece of Italian design. The frame is crafted from gilded brass and features intricate stone marquetry inlaid all around the frame. The hard gemstones used are crystalline rocks like marble or travertine and Malachite in assorted colors of light and darker green, sand, beige and gray. The back and easel of the frame are lined with red velvet, and the brass hardware is engraved with the signature of the Italian designer. This frame is the perfect way to display and cherish your favorite treasured photos or memories.
Note: Photo reproduction of movie star included with the frame as a placeholder until you add your photography.
 
About:
Rita Frascione is an Italian designer known for making fine jewelry using semi-precious and rare stones since the 1980s.
Rita Frascione makes handcrafted jewelry and decorative objects from a wide variety of semi-precious and hard stones such as coral, amber, turquoise, marble, travertine, and agate.
She likes to mix stones and metals like brass, silver, and gold. 
Descendant of a family of collectors, Frascione inherited a strong artistic sensibility that she chose to express by creating refined jewelry and home decoration based on gemstones.
Rita Frascione is also a researcher in philosophy and psychology. She carried out esoteric studies in Rome and Milan.