This charming gilded brass and stone picture photo frame was designed by Italian designer Rita Frascione, Firenze, in the 1980s.
The piece features a gilded metal framing with travertine and brass marquetry inlaid, boasting warm colors of beige and gold. The back and easel are in brown-black velvet with the company logo, and an engraved signature reading "Rita Frascione" is visible on the brass hardware at the back.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 an 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.
Rita Frascione Firenze Gilt Brass and Travertine Picture Frame, 1980s
circa 1980