Art Deco Jewelry: Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein/Germany
by Christianne Weber-Stober (Arnoldsche, Stuttgart), $75.
The geometric simplicity of Art Deco costume jewelry has long been associated with France, but in Art Deco Jewelry: Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein/Germany (written in both German and English), author Christianne Weber-Stober provides an informative look into the designs, materials and techniques used by German Jakob Bengel and his firm through the 1930s. This attractive volume tells the story of the watch-chain and bijouterie factory founded by Bengel at Idar-Oberstein, Germany, in 1873 through stunning full-page images and drawings from the company’s 1924 to 1939 pattern books. More than 250 pieces of jewelry are reproduced and described.
The geometric simplicity of Art Deco costume jewelry has long been associated with France, but in Art Deco Jewelry: Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein/Germany (written in both German and English), author Christianne Weber-Stober provides an informative look into the designs, materials and techniques used by German Jakob Bengel and his firm through the 1930s. This attractive volume tells the story of the watch-chain and bijouterie factory founded by Bengel at Idar-Oberstein, Germany, in 1873 through stunning full-page images and drawings from the company’s 1924 to 1939 pattern books. More than 250 pieces of jewelry are reproduced and described.
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