Art Deco Jakob Bengel Bakelite Sautoir
By Jakob Bengel
Located in New York, NY
Striking Art Deco Jacob Bengel Bakelite Sautoir of jade and black bakelite toggle beads with chrome plated spacers ending in 2 fluted metal chrome drops (some losses on chrome platin...
Silver Plate
Jakob Bengel Art Deco Chrome Plated Red and Black Enamel Necklace circa 1930s
By Jakob Bengel
Located in London, GB
Wonderful Jakob Bengel Art Deco chrome plated necklace, featuring red and black enamel painted brickwork links, and a twist and ball design.
Jakob Bengel Art Deco Chrome Plated Blue and Black Enamel Necklace circa 1930s
By Jakob Bengel
Located in London, GB
Wonderful Jakob Bengel Art Deco chrome plated necklace, featuring blue and black enamel painted brickwork links, and a twist and ball design.
A very very long chrome and carved Galalith lariatt/sautoir, Jakob Bengel, 1930s
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
An elegant and stylish Art Deco necklace designed and made by Jakob Bengel, with red and black carved Galalith terminals, two colours so characteristic of the Art Deco movement.
Base Metal
Art Deco Chrome Necklace Machine Age Red Galalith Geometric Jakob Bengel Style
Located in New York, NY
The necklace is in the style of Jakob Bengel but is not signed.
Jacob Bengel Art Deco Chrome and Galalith Pendant Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Jacob Bengel Machine Age Pendant necklace,chrome and deep blue galalith. Chain L26", Pendant L1.75", W 1.50". Excellent condition. Jakob Bengel began making watch chains in his ...
Gilt Metal
Art Deco Bakelite Necklace By Jacob Bengel, c1930
By Jacob Bengel Company
Located in Devon, England
Extremely stylish piece of jewellery from the house of Jakob Bengel, dating to the 1930's and so advanced for it's time in it's design that one could be forgiven for not recognising ...
Chrome
Art Deco German Bakelite Gold Ringed Ball Pendants Chunky Chain Necklace 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
Most likely made in Germany during the Art Deco period, this vintage unsigned long heavy 12-pendant gold-gilt chain-link bib necklace features ball charms of gold-ringed emerald-gree...
Yellow Gold, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
Machine Age 1930s Chrome Brickwork Design Vintage German Necklace
Located in Wilmslow, England
This stylish necklace dates from the 1930s. It evokes the Machine Age aesthetic of the era and was most likely created by Jakob Bengel. Condition Report: Good - Some wear to the ch...
Base Metal
1930s Art Deco Modernist Necklace by Jakob Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Westward ho, GB
Fabulously stylish Art Deco necklace by the German Jewellery designer Jakob Bengel.
Base Metal
Jakob Bengel 1932 Chrome and Red Plastic Necklace
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Wigan, GB
The company also favoured the use of barrel clasps for their shorter necklaces, like this. It is possible to date this necklace to 1932, as examples of pieces from the 1932 catalogue...
Jakob Bengel necklace in chrome and bakelite, c. 1920
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Berlin, DE
Jakob Bengel necklace in chrome and bakelite, c. 1920 Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, chrome elements with red-transparent elements o...
Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel, 1932
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Warlingham, GB
A genuine Art Deco necklace in nickel plated metal and galalith by Jakob Bengel.
Composition, Metal
Necklace in chrome and galalith, Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, c. 1910/20
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Berlin, DE
Necklace in chrome and galalith, Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, c. 1910/20 Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, chrome elements with applic...
Art Deco Modernist Necklace by Jakob Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Warlingham, GB
1930s chrome metal and red and black galalith Art Deco necklace. It measures 16 inches from clasp to clasp. Condition is extremely good as it is an old unsold stock item. Similar nec...
Composition, Chrome
Large Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Warlingham, GB
Large modernist red and black galalith and chromed metal necklace by Jakob Bengal. The central panel measures a late 2.5 inches high by 1.5 inches wide (6.5cm x 4cm). The total lengt...
Chrome
Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel, circa 1931
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Warlingham, GB
An early (1931) and large Art Deco necklace by Jakob Bengel, in tortoise shell and black galalith and chrome with a very chunky fan design.
Composition, Chrome
Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Berlin, DE
Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30 Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, black galalith elements on a chrome ch...
1930's Art Deco Chrome and Galalith Necklace by Jacob Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This 1930's Art Deco Chrome and Galalith Necklace by Jacob Bengel is less rectilinear and geometric in nature than many other of his necklace designs, but the two colors of salmon an...
Original Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Galalith
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
A delightful and original Art Deco necklace by Jakob Bengel in chrome with black and marbleized white Galalith 1930s The Jakob Bengel factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany was aband...
Chrome
Original Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Galalith
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
A delightful and original Art Deco necklace by Jakob Bengel with black and white Galalith 1930s The Jakob Bengel factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany was abandoned in the Second Wo...
Chrome
Modernist Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel, circa 1930
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Warlingham, GB
A German galalith and polished metal necklace in red and black carved galalith panels made in the early 1930s. The centre red galalith section measures 1.5 inches high by 2 inches wi...
Composition, Chrome
Bauhaus Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30 Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, chrome elements with plastic. ...
1930s Jacob Bengel Art Deco Machine Age Gold tone Brickwork Chain Necklace
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This German Art deco goldtone metal 1930s machine age necklace by Jacob Bengel is archetypal chainwork he is well known for. The central machine age articulated section is 4" wide by...
Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Chrome and Galalith
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
A stunning 1930s Art Deco necklace by Jakob Bengel in yellow and red Galalith with chrome.
Chrome
Unavailable
H 0.4 in W 4.34 in D 11.03 in
Art Deco Original Geometric Fan Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Galalith
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
A jazzy 1930s Art Deco original geometric fan necklace by Jakob Bengel in red and black Galalith The Jakob Bengel factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany was abandoned in the Second Wo...
Chrome
Unavailable
H 0.99 in W 7.09 in D 6.7 in
Art Deco Original Chrome and Galalith Geometric Necklace by Jakob Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
A stylish Art Deco original Geometric Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Chrome and with black and white Galalith 1930s The Jakob Bengel factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany was abandoned...
Chrome
Unavailable
H 0.4 in W 5.91 in D 6.7 in
Art Deco Original Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Chrome and Galalith
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
A stunning original Art Deco necklace in chrome and mauve Galalith by Jakob Bengel 1930s The Jakob Bengel factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany was abandoned in the Second World War...
Chrome
Unavailable
H 0.6 in W 3.15 in D 6.3 in
Original Art Deco Necklace by Jakob Bengel in Chrome with Red and Black Galalith
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Kent, GB
This an eye-catching piece of 1930s Art Deco: an original Necklace by Jakob Bengel in chrome with red and black Galalith 1930s The Jakob Bengel factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany...
Chrome
Art Deco Bakelite Necklace By Jacob Bengel, c1930
By Jacob Bengel
Located in Westward ho, GB
Extremely stylish piece of jewellery from the house of Jakob Bengel, dating to the 1930's and so advanced for it's time in it's design that one could be forgiven for not recognising ...
Silver Plate
Art Deco Bakelite Necklace By Jacob Bengel, c1930
By Jacob Bengel
Located in Westward ho, GB
Extremely stylish piece of jewellery from the house of Jakob Bengel, dating to the 1930's and so advanced for it's time in it's design that one could be forgiven for not recognising ...
Silver Plate
Art Deco Collar Necklace by Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Warlingham, GB
Made in the early 1930s by Jakob Bengel. A chromed metal and orange galalith collar necklace. It measures approx 16.5 inches from clasp to clasp (42cm) and the central galalith panel...
Composition, Chrome
Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30
Located in Berlin, DE
Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30 Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, chrome elements with brown application...
Unavailable
L 16.54 in
Bengelcollier red with bakelite balls, Art Deco, Germany 1920, Bakelite, Chrome
Located in Berlin, DE
Bengelcollier red with bakelite balls Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, chrome elements with balls of red bakelite. Chain length: 42 c...
Fine Machine Age 20s Glass Necklace
Located in Litchfield County, CT
Stunning art deco design glass necklace in silver toned metal.
Base Metal
Art Deco Machine Age Black bakelite necklace by Jacob Bengel
By Jakob Bengel
Located in Daylesford, Victoria
Art Deco Necklace by Jacob Bengal, in Chrome with Black Bakelite to the penne hammered Bow Pendant. Jacob is a World famous designer of the Deco Period. The Bakelite is mechanically ...
Jacob Bengel Art Deco Blue Galalith Chrome Cubist Design Necklace
By Jakob Bengel
Located in New York, NY
This highly stylized Art Deco Cubist designed necklace is made of chrome with a circular accent of blue Galalith. This has a stunning design .
Fascination with the Jazz Age is endless, and even today jewelry designers continue to be inspired by authentic Art Deco jewelry and watches.
The Art Deco period, encompassing the 1920s and ’30s, ushered in a very distinct look in the design of jewelry. There were many influences on the jewelry of the era that actually began to take shape prior to the 1920s. In 1909, Serge Diaghilev brought the Ballet Russes to Paris, and women went wild for the company’s exotic and vibrant costumes It’s no wonder, then, that jade, lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and other bright gemstones became all the rage. There already existed a fascination with the East, particularly China and Japan, and motifs consisting of fans and masks started to show up in Art Deco jewelry.
However, the event that had the greatest influence on Deco was the excavation of the tomb of King Tut in 1922. When the world saw what was hidden in Tut’s burial chamber, it sent just about everyone into a frenzy. Pierre Cartier wrote in 1923 that “the discovery of the tomb will bring some sweeping changes in fashion jewelry.” And he couldn’t have been more right. “Egyptomania” left an indelible mark on all of the major jewelry houses, from Cartier to Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron and Georges Fouquet. (Cartier created some of the most iconic jewelry designs that defined this era.)
While a lot of Art Deco jewelry was black and white — the black coming from the use of onyx or black enamel and the white from rock crystal and diamonds — there is plenty of color in jewelry of the era. A perfect accent to diamonds in platinum settings were blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and these stones were also used in combination with each other.
Many designers employed coral, jade and lapis lazuli, too. In fact, some of the most important avant-garde jewelers of the period, like Jean Després and Jean Fouquet (son of Georges), would combine white gold with ebony and malachite for a jolt of color.
A lot of the jewelry produced during this time nodded to current fashion trends, and women often accessorized their accessories. The cloche hat was often accented with geometric diamond brooches or double-clip brooches. Backless evening dresses looked fabulous with sautoir necklaces, and long pearl necklaces that ended with tassels, popular during the Edwardian period, were favored by women everywhere, including Coco Chanel.
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