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C.F. Bielefeld

active London, 1835 - 1864

Biography"*Bielefeld & Co 1833, Bielefeld & Knapp 1834, C.F. Bielefeld 1835-1864, Bielefeld & Co 1866-1869. At 18 New Road, Fitzroy Square,London 1833-1838 (see note below), 15 Wellington St North, Strand 1840-1861, street renumbered 1861, 21 Wellington St 1861-1869 (not listed 1865). Papier mâché manufacturer, including picture frames, mouldings and ornament.

Charles Frederick Bielefeld the younger (1803-64), son of John Henry Bielefeld the younger (1771-1848), was born on 24 February 1803 and christened at St Marylebone. He and his wife Elizabeth had three sons who survived infancy, Charles Edward (1829-61), Julius Martin (1832-1919) and Sydney Kirk (1836-66), christened in Marylebone, as well as four younger sons and daughters. By the time of the 1851 census, both father and son Julius, age 19, were listed as papier mâché manufacturers. In 1861 Bielefeld was living with his large family at 31 Gower St, when he was described as an artist and manufacturer of papier mâché ornaments."
Source: National Galley, London
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/research/programmes/conservation/directory-of-british-framemakers/b/

Bielefeld was famous for papier mache framing and published on the art form. The publication "Illustrated Tariff of the Improved Papier-Mâché Picture Frames, also, Enriched Mouldings, made by machinery in twelve feet lengths, without join" includes an illustration of the design for this frame design (no. 117; page 19). The publication is accessible online in the METs collection: (www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334058).

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