Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Early 1930s - Jakob Bengel Enthusiastic Approval, Heike Schmitz-Esser, Heike Schmitz-Esser, jakob-bengel-art-deco-necklace-1930s
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Jakob Bengel

  • Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Early 1930s
  • Chrome-plated brass, barrel-shaped screw clasp; machine-made and handcrafted
  • Monochrome necklace with a consistently minimalist design: an expressive combination of a chrome-coloured snake chain, punctuated by a chrome-coloured block Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm, Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007 Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002

L 30 (closed), 47 cm (open)

W 4 cm (loop)

D 1.8 cm (rectangle)



Jakob Bengel jewellery from the 1930s does not bear a company mark. Attributions are based on the typical stylistic elements and materials, historical pettern books in the company archives, interviews with contemporary witnesses and literature.

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