Celluloid Bracelet Bangle with Geometric and Floral Carving

This elegant 1930s Art Deco celluloid bracelet bangle features a floral design with six deeply carved, painted, and stained motifs all around the bracelet. The bangle boasts a lovely...

This lovely 1920s Art Deco celluloid bracelet bangle features a floral design with two deeply carved and lightly stained flowers. The creamy-off-white color is contrasted with a ligh...

A superb 1920s French Art Deco celluloid bracelet bangle. It features a light hollow tube shape with an Asian-inspired "chinoiserie" design around the bracelet. The hollow bracelet ...

This lovely 1925 Art Deco celluloid bracelet bangle features a floral design with four motifs all around the bracelet. The design is deeply carved, painted, and stained. The bangle b...

French Art deco carved bakelite rose bangle bracelet. The tubular cream color bracelet is hand carved with a sienna brown stain and cold painted with a deep pink unfurling rose and g...

Reverse Carved Bakelite Stretch Bracelet from the Art Deco Period. Central reverse carved motif with apple juice and mango bakelite links on elastic str...

French Art deco carved bakelite rose bangle bracelet. The tubular cream color bracelet all hand carved with a sienna brown stain and cold painted with pink unfurling rose and green s...

Dr. Leo Bakeland invented Bakelite in the early 1900s. Bakeland discovered that the material would cool quickly and wouldn’t melt, regardless of the temperatures. He took out a patent on the idea in 1907. The material was heated to a melting point and then poured into molds and sheets to create the different pieces. It was used for a number of things including toys and for electronics parts. The material was never meant to be expensive, but to give those without a lot of money access to quality pieces. Many companies stopped using Bakelite in the early 1940s as the need for World War II related products took hold. By the end of the War, new technologies in the world of plastics had made Bakelite obsolete. The height of Bakelite jewelry...