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Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame

 

We have 6 images of Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame .

A sculptural picture frame manifests the quinessential design of Art Nouveau in its structure. At the top of the vertical metal frame sits a small mound or bead where flowing graceful lines meet. The lines of metal clasp above the mound then flow into waves that flutter and tiny mounds abound on the upper sides of the frame. Their path continues down to the halfway point of the sides encountering a cluster of wavy curling forms and tiny beads. Both sides morph into delicate elongated ovoids with negative inner space. They meet at the u-shaped bottom decorated with symmetrical wavy carvings in the base where a triangular form rests in the center. The bottom has positive space unlike the sides. As our eye returns to the top we see another line is attached under the mound to form amorphic openings with the sides. The inner area for the photograph possesses an unusual shape that follows the outer form of the frame and resembles the top of a human tongue. Elegant silk velvet is applied to the space between all sides and the photo and glass.
Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame
Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame
Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame
Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame
Photo Frame, from the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France Photo Frame
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