Fashion Jewelry Hall of Fame Inducts Famous Art Deco Jewelry Designer, Jakob Bengel
Guyot Brothers Company, Inc., a century-old manufacturer of decorative brass stampings used in making costume jewelry and in the related arts trades created The Fashion Jewelry Hall of Fame to honor those designers and manufacturers who helped shape the industry through their ingenuity, creative spirit, and dedication to excellence.
(PRWEB) May 21, 2005 -- The most recent inductee, The Jakob Bengel Company,
pioneers in Art Deco jewelry design, very nearly faded to obscurity. The story
of the company is well worth telling and reading. Their intriguing history,
including an alternative use of a technology known as Galalith (milkstone,
Milchstein), and a quarter-century search for their roots by two devoted and
thorough vintage jewelry collectors, is told in the article, "The House that
Bengel Built". A German chain manufcturer of the early twentieth century, Jakob
Bengel altered the landscape of costume jewelry with his Bauhaus styling and
helped to change forever how the fashion and jewelry world viewed "imitation
jewelry". On top of all this, the Jakob Bengel Company is once again
re-producing some of their classic Galalith Art Deco jewelry designs, closely
following the Bauhaus rule that "form follows function". The article about this
fascinating company can be found at the Guyot Brothers website. http://www.guyotbrothers.com/jewelry-history/jewelry-hall-of-fame/bengel/Jakob-Bengel.htm
This
article includes a detailed photo gallery of Jakob Bengel's most bold and
colorful jewelry designs. The photographs clearly show both the simplicity and
the elegance of these brilliant Art Deco jewelry objects.
"These are Art
Deco designs at their highest level. They will be enjoyed not only by the
vintage jewelry collector and Art Deco aficianado but by students and casual
admirers as well", stated Stephen Guyot, President of Guyot Brothers.
Located in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the Birthplace of the Jewelry
Industry in America, Guyot Brothers continues to produce their high-quality line
of stamped filigree, charms, floral, and other decorative items. For viewing the
line in person, they are represented in New York, New Jersey, California, New
Mexico, Arizona, England, and France. The company also maintains a showroom at
their factory in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
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