Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Early 1930s - Jakob Bengel

Jakob Bengel

  • Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Early 1930s
  • Chrome-plated brass, spring ring clasp, partly painted black and green; made on machines and by hand
  • Small masonry necklace; variant of a design by Bengel from 1932. See also Weber (2002), p. 177 as well as samples from the company's pattern book and exhibits in the Jakob Bengel Museum in Idar-Oberstein. Literature: Weber-Stöber, Christianne und Lindemann, Wilhelm, Jakob Bengel Oberstein - Von der Kunstindustrie zum Schmuckdesign, Arnoldsche, 2023 Lindemann, Wilhelm, Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007

L 41 cm







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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