Photo frame sourcing from India.
Photo and picture frames from India range from everyday brass and wood pieces to intricate enamel, bone-inlay and marble pieces for giftware programmes. Asia Sourcing manages development, standardisation of glass and backing, QC against drop and insert tests, and export documentation for retail and gifting programmes.
Product subcategories
- Brass photo frames · plain, hammered, patinated
- Hand-carved mango-wood and acacia frames
- Enamel-decorated meenakari frames from Jaipur
- Bone-inlay and mother-of-pearl frames
- Marble-base and inlay frames from Agra
- Multi-aperture collage frames
Materials & finishes
Materials: Brass, Mango wood, Acacia wood, Enamel, Camel bone, Mother-of-pearl, White marble.
Finishes: Antique brass, Hammered, Hand-painted enamel, Hand-carved wood.
Backing, glass and stand reality
Three failure points dominate PSI reject reports: (1) glass thickness consistency (2 mm vs 3 mm matters for shipping yield), (2) backing-board warp in high-humidity transit, and (3) easel-stand friction (stand collapses or fails to open). Our standard spec locks all three — minimum 2 mm float glass, kraft-laminated MDF backing, pivot-tested easel stands.
Gifting versus home-décor
Buyers split roughly 60/40 between gifting-ranges (retail-boxed, often with gift-message cards) and home-décor ranges (multi-aperture collage pieces, oversized statement frames). We split development accordingly — gifting lines take tighter packaging development; home-décor lines take tighter wall-mount and backing specification.
Manufacturing clusters
Asia Sourcing operates from Moradabad with technical teams covering every relevant decorative objects cluster:
- Moradabad — brass and metal frames
- Jaipur — enamel, bone and mother-of-pearl frames
- Saharanpur — carved wood frames
- Agra — marble frames
Product development, QC & export documentation
Every programme runs the Asia Sourcing full stack:
- Product development
- Quality control
- Buying house operations for retailers running the full programme end-to-end
- Strategic sourcing for multi-season category programmes
International buyer notes
USA. US retailers and private-label brands pull Indian décor via East Coast (Elizabeth, Savannah, New York) and West Coast (Long Beach, Oakland) at 32-45 day transit. CPSIA, Prop 65 and UL (for anything electrified) are standard; FSC and GOTS where retailer-mandated. See our US buyer hub.
UK. UK retailers import FOB Mundra / Nhava Sheva to Felixstowe or Southampton (28-32 days). UKCA, UK REACH and FSC Chain-of-Custody are our default documentation package; Lion Mark where children-facing. See our UK hub.
Europe. Continental retailers consolidate to Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp or Le Havre (26-30 days). CE where applicable, REACH SVHC, LFGB for food contact and EUDR for timber are coordinated factory-side; German Lieferkettengesetz chain-of-custody paperwork on request. See regional pages for Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain.
Australia & NZ. AU/NZ buyers route via Mumbai or Chennai to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland on direct Indian Ocean lanes (18-24 days). ISPM-15 heat-treated wood packing and AS/NZS compliance are default; AI-ECTA preferential tariff where applicable. See AU and NZ.
South Africa. South African importers route Nhava Sheva → Durban (14-18 days — the fastest major corridor from India). NRCS Letter of Authority / SABS where mandated; onward distribution to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Southern Africa partners. See our South Africa hub.
Frequently asked
What's the MOQ for brass photo frames from India?
100-250 pieces per SKU, factory-dependent. Hammered and patinated frames at the higher end.
Can you develop custom-sized frames?
Yes. Aperture sizes are typically specified in inches for US and Australia buyers, millimetres for UK/EU. We develop against the buyer's standard frame-size matrix and lock backing and glass sizes to it.
Start a programme
Share your category brief — SKU count, target FOB, destination market and launch window. We respond within one business day with a cluster recommendation, shortlist and timeline.