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Robert Moore Kulicke (1924 – December 14, 2007) was an American artist, frame maker, and teacher.Though most influential for modernizing the design of picture frames, he was also a noted painter of small and delicate still lifes, as well as a jewellery maker credited with reviving the ancient goldsmithing technique of granulation.
William Volker (/ ˈ v oʊ l k ər /; German:; April 1, 1859 – November 4, 1947) was an entrepreneur who turned a picture frame business into a multimillion-dollar empire and who then gave away his fortune to shape much of Kansas City, Missouri, both through the William Volker Fund and anonymously, earning him the nickname of "Mr. Anonymous."
The Newcomb-Macklin Company of Chicago, Illinois was a nationally prominent manufacturer of hand-carved and gilded picture frames. The company was in operation from 1883 until 1979. The company was in operation from 1883 until 1979.
Pandigital, Inc., was a digital photo-frame manufacturer founded in 1998 that around 2010 began to expand its product line to include e-reader, tablets and e-books.Its tablet products included the Planet, Novel, Star, Nova, and SuperNova, and an offline Wikipedia reader called WikiReader.
This page provides a list of the oldest brands and companies operating only in the eyewear manufacturing business to date and in any country. "Eyewear", although a relatively modern terminology, refers to the category of all items and accessories worn over the eyes for fashion adornment, protection against the environment and medical issues, including glasses (also called eyeglasses or ...
Detail of an Iranian jewel box decorated by khatam. Khātam (Persian: خاتم) is an ancient Persian technique of inlaying.It is a version of marquetry where art forms are made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate pieces of wood, bone and metal precisely-cut intricate geometric patterns.
Lindberg was founded in 1983 by the couple Poul-Jørn and Hanne Lindberg. [3] [4] In 1986, it collaborated with architect Hans Dissing to create an innovative style of frame made from titanium wire, which launched the company and has won several design awards.
Imports in the USA started by the end of the 1970s. With their heavy gold nose piece and temple pieces, Cazals became iconic in the hip hop culture of the 1980s, the cause of many street muggings, [4] and later considered a key memorabilia of the early hip hop era. [5]