{"title":"Photo Frames","description":"\u003cp\u003eHandmade Indian photo frames drawn from Rajasthan's painted wood tradition — hand-turned, hand-painted, and finished by artisan workshops that have worked with wood and colour for generations. Each frame holds a 7×5 inch photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom ornate gold-leaf corner work to jewel-toned painted surfaces, carved bird and bee accents to clean lacquered profiles: these are hand painted photo frames and carved wooden picture frames made the slow way, for homes where objects carry meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplayed on a desk, shelf, or mantelpiece — singly or grouped as a gallery — each Indian picture frame arrives as a finished piece, ready to hold what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"toran-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Toran' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe toran — in Indian domestic tradition — is the decorative garland hung at doorways to mark ceremony and welcome. This frame carries that same sensibility: its surface is covered in applied floral motifs, each worked by hand in the painted wood workshops of Jodhpur where craftspeople have treated wood as a surface for ornament for generations. The craft is that of painted wood and resin composite, shaped and hand-finished with gold-toned paint built up in layers to achieve the slightly raised, ornate quality of the motifs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJodhpur's artisan quarters have supplied painted wood objects to domestic and export markets for over a century. The workshops that produce this range sit within a broader tradition of lacquered and gilded wooden objects — from furniture to small devotional pieces — where gold finishing is understood not as luxury but as craft knowledge: how to build colour, depth, and patina through repeated application by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe frame holds a 7×5 inch photograph and stands freestanding on any flat surface. Its surface catches light differently across the day — the worked floral motifs reading as shadow at certain angles, as pattern at others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192323498007,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_63.svg?v=1780660268"},{"product_id":"gulnar-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Gulnar' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis frame belongs to a lineage of painted wood objects that the workshops of Jodhpur and Jaipur have produced for export and domestic use for over a century. The craft is precise: wood is lathe-turned to a clean profile, sanded, sealed, and painted by hand in multiple layers to achieve an even, deep finish. The Kara range — of which Gulnar, Sabzaar, and Chandan are three colour expressions — represents this tradition in its most functional form: no applied ornament, just the frame and its colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrimson in Rajasthani craft is specific. It references lac — the natural resin that Rajasthan's lacquerware artisans have worked with for centuries, producing bangles, furniture accents, and decorative objects in this exact depth of red. Gulnar translates that colour tradition into a clean, modern object: a frame that holds a 7×5 photograph and stands on any flat surface, in portrait or landscape orientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192323661847,"sku":null,"price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_65.svg?v=1780660364"},{"product_id":"sabzaar-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Sabzaar' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Kara range from Jodhpur's painted wood workshops produces frames in a clean, consistent profile — lathe-turned wood, layered paint, even colour. Sabzaar is the emerald expression of that range: the same construction and craft tradition as the crimson Gulnar and dark brown Chandan, but in a green that reads as deep and considered rather than ornamental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmerald in the vocabulary of Rajasthani craft references the sabzaar — the lush garden that appears in Persian-influenced Mughal decoration and in the painted furniture and wooden objects of the Shekhawati region. Workshops in Jodhpur have worked with this colour tradition for generations, producing objects for domestic use and export in finishes derived from, though not identical to, the natural pigment traditions behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192323923991,"sku":null,"price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_89a406c0-130f-4887-b746-b4ba4c329b12.svg?v=1780677259"},{"product_id":"zarnigar-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Zarnigar' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZarnigar belongs to the gilded painted wood tradition of Jodhpur and Jaipur — workshops that have applied gold finish to carved and turned wood for both sacred objects and decorative pieces for generations. The technique involves multiple stages: shaping the wood, applying a base coat, then building metallic paint in layers, with final patination to achieve an aged, antique quality rather than a flat gold. The corner motifs are applied by hand, each requiring individual attention to placement and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis tradition sits within the broader craft ecosystem of Rajasthan where meenakari (enamel work), kundan (stone setting), and gilding have historically been practised by specialist artisan communities. The painted wood form of gilded ornament draws from these specialist traditions but applies them to wood, making the resulting objects accessible in both price and material weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe frame holds a 7×5 photograph and reads as specifically regal — the corner motifs creating a sense of deliberate ceremony around whatever is placed inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192324153367,"sku":null,"price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_2.svg?v=1780677462"},{"product_id":"taabinda-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Taabinda' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Noor series sits within the same gilded painted wood tradition as Zarnigar but with a distinct motif grammar — the corner ornament pattern here is tighter, with a different articulation of the detail that surrounds the aperture. Both are made in the same Jodhpur workshops, using the same process of layered metallic paint application over a shaped wood base, with final patination to achieve an antique gold rather than a bright one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Rajasthan, the craft of gilded wood objects — frames, furniture, small devotional pieces — has been sustained by artisan communities who specialise in surface treatment: the application of gold, colour, and ornament to wooden forms produced by separate turners and carpenters. This division of labour between shaper and finisher is characteristic of the craft structure here, and it produces objects where the material and the ornament speak different but complementary languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlaced alongside Zarnigar, the two frames share a vocabulary of antique gold without being identical — each has its own rhythm of ornament. Holds a 7×5 photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192324481047,"sku":null,"price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_4_58d896d9-6e7e-4037-86c8-39052364cc20.svg?v=1780677539"},{"product_id":"kumkum-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Kumkum' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe craft these frames belong to draws on the painted wood and shisha-work traditions of Jodhpur's artisan workshops — wood shaped and painted, then dressed in applied decorative detail: small motifs and accent pieces that create a surface of controlled ornament. This tradition is specific to the artisan quarters of Jodhpur and the surrounding Marwar region, where craftspeople produce painted wooden objects for both domestic ritual use and export, working across a range of coloured grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaroon in the vocabulary of this craft tradition references kumkum — the deep vermillion used in Indian ritual marking — and lac, the natural resin from which Rajasthan's most prized bangle-making tradition draws its colour. The jewelled surface multiplies this depth: the painted motifs and accent details over the maroon ground read as a worked surface rather than a flat one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe frame holds a 7×5 photograph and makes its presence felt. It is the frame that makes the photograph more important by surrounding it with deliberate colour and craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192324710423,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_6_318caef8-d08b-4943-97a5-7d29f2bee6c2.svg?v=1780677667"},{"product_id":"ksheer-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Ksheer' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKsheer is an ivory expression of the Abeer workshop range from Jodhpur — the same painted wood surface tradition as Kumkum (maroon), Haldi (beige), and Mayuri (teal), with the same process of layered hand-applied colour and applied decorative motifs over a shaped wood base. The ivory ground changes the register entirely: where maroon reads as deep and saturated, ivory carries the motifs more openly, with a lightness that reveals the craft detail rather than merging with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe painted wood workshop tradition of Rajasthan has long worked in ivory and cream grounds — colours associated with both the everyday object and with celebration. In the craft vocabulary of Jodhpur's artisan workshops, ivory painted wood objects are among the most produced, sitting between the highly ornate and the restrained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192324775959,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_8.svg?v=1780677738"},{"product_id":"haldi-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Haldi' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaldi belongs to the Amrapali painted wood workshop range from Jodhpur — the same craft tradition as the Abeer frames (Kumkum, Ksheer) but with its own colour identity. The workshop technique is consistent: wood shaped to a standard profile, painted in layers of hand-applied colour, then embellished with applied motifs and accent details to build the jewelled surface quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeige-gold in Rajasthani craft holds a specific cultural resonance. Haldi paste is applied in the haldi ceremony before a wedding — across the hands, face, and arms of the bride and groom — to soften and warm the skin with its golden colour. It is among the most elemental colours in Indian ceremonial life: the colour of preparation, of the transition that precedes celebration. Here it is the ground colour of a frame that holds what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192325005335,"sku":null,"price":127.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_10.svg?v=1780677803"},{"product_id":"mayuri-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Mayuri' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMayuri is the teal expression of the Amrapali workshop range from Jodhpur — the same painted wood tradition as Haldi, Ksheer, and the Abeer frames. Wood shaped to a standard profile, painted in layered hand-applied colour, then worked with applied decorative motifs that build the jewelled surface quality. The teal ground requires more preparation than the ivory or beige variants — a blue-green of this depth needs multiple base coats before it reads correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe blue-green of the peacock has been present in Indian craft and painting for as long as records exist: in Mughal miniature backgrounds, in the dyed cottons of Rajasthan, in the glass bangles of Firozabad. It is a colour that carries natural precision — everyone in India knows exactly what peacock blue means — and the workshop tradition of Jodhpur has used it in painted wood objects precisely because of that clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192325201943,"sku":null,"price":127.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_12_fe86dd54-350d-444f-9a01-c5c2e3daeddf.svg?v=1780677889"},{"product_id":"chandan-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"‘Shyam’ Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShyam is a wooden photo frame with a dark hand-painted finish and a warm aged-gold inner edge. The frame has a deep stepped profile, broad at the outside and drawn inward toward the photograph, giving it weight without excess ornament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe outer surface is dark and still, closer to old polished wood than a flat painted black. Around the photograph, the inner bevel carries a softened metallic finish — rubbed, warm, and slightly uneven in tone. This contrast is what gives the frame its character: shadow at the edge, light at the centre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade to hold a 7×5 inch photograph, Shyam can be placed in either portrait or landscape orientation. It is suited to portraits, family photographs, small works on paper, or any image that asks for a quiet, formal setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192325365783,"sku":null,"price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_14_ac86f68d-0b94-4c48-9edf-036cc4a83d16.svg?v=1780677889"},{"product_id":"madhup-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Madhup' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJodhpur's craft workshops have always moved between tradition and adaptation. The frame itself is turned and finished wood — clean profile, natural tone. The bee accent is cast in resin: a contemporary technique that Jodhpur's export craft sector adopted alongside traditional materials (brass, stone, lacquered wood) from the late twentieth century onward. Frame and bee are made separately — the wood by turning, the resin bee by casting — and assembled into a single object before finishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bee as a motif in Indian craft draws from multiple traditions: from the bhramar of Sanskrit poetry, the bee circling the lotus; from the role of bees in Rajasthani folk imagery, associated with gardens, flowers, and the labour of making. In this frame the bee is not a decorative pattern but a small three-dimensional form — something to notice before you notice the photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192325627927,"sku":null,"price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/Karo_Listings_16_648fa12f-c810-4bc8-8496-e235a962c2fd.svg?v=1780678037"},{"product_id":"vihag-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Vihag' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVihag is the compact expression of the Fara bird-frame range from Jodhpur — a turned wood frame with a cast resin bird accent at the upper corner. The bird is individually cast in resin, given a gold finish, and assembled onto the frame as a sculptural accent. This is contemporary Indian craft: the traditional woodturning knowledge of Rajasthan combined with the resin casting techniques that Jodhpur's export workshops adopted as part of the city's expansion into international handicraft markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBirds in Indian craft tradition carry a long lineage — from the suryakanta of classical sculpture to the parrot messengers of Rajput miniature painting, to the peacock that appears across almost every form of Indian decorative art. The small gold bird on this frame is not illustrative of any one tradition; it is a distillation of all of them — a bird at rest, a small presence at the corner of something that holds a memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192325693463,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_20_9b9ae9fc-244b-4731-8e00-b257ed2c2eb1.svg?v=1780678210"},{"product_id":"parna-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Parna' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eParna is the larger expression of the Fara bird-frame range from Jodhpur — a turned wood frame with a cast resin gold bird accent at the upper corner, designed to hold a 7×5 inch photograph. The craft process is the same as the compact Vihag: separately made wood frame and cast resin bird, assembled into a single object. At this larger scale, the bird is more present — not a detail but a genuine counterpoint to the photograph inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fara range sits within Jodhpur's export craft tradition, which has historically combined specialist knowledge of different materials — wood turning, metal casting, resin work — within a single workshop ecosystem. The gold finish on the bird is hand-applied rather than sprayed, giving the surface a warmth consistent with handwork rather than the uniform brightness of industrial finishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs with all handcrafted objects, slight variations in colour, surface finish, and dimensions are inherent to the making process — evidence of the hand, not defects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192325726231,"sku":null,"price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/Karo_Listings_c972373d-10f7-4fef-ac72-b4b2a21df8c6.svg?v=1780941855"},{"product_id":"afsana-photo-frame-in-wood","title":"'Afsana' Photo Frame in Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Samara range from Jodhpur produces frames with a deliberate sense of accumulation — pattern, colour, and form layered into objects with visual weight. The craft behind Afsana draws simultaneously from the painted wood tradition of Rajasthan and from the Persian-influenced decorative vocabulary that entered the region during the Mughal period and never fully left: arabesque borders, geometric interlocking patterns, and the use of multiple colours within a single decorative field. The result is a surface that reads as historically grounded without being archaic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJodhpur's position as a major handicraft export centre means its workshops have always been in dialogue with multiple aesthetic traditions — Indian, Persian, European, and contemporary. The Samara range reflects that dialogue: it is not purely traditional and not purely contemporary, but sits in the productive middle ground where most of the best Indian craft objects have always lived. 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