Vintage Jakob Bengel Art Deco machine age geometric chrome and chunky green galalith wide cuff bracelet

Fabulous Jakob Bengel Art Deco 1930s machine age geometric bracelet with chrome and green galalith linked rectangular sunburst panels. The last picture shows a Bengel book piece necklace using the same metal rounded end spacers. The stunning chunky green shaped galalith beads are an absolutely classic geometric and sunburst style from the 1930s Art Deco period.

The piece feels beautiful when worn - high quality and smooth. It is up to 8.5 inches in length and fastens with a secure spring ring clasp. Very good vintage condition - there are some minor age marks on the chrome lozenges separating the galalith beads, but this is almost impossible to see as the pieces are well strung and sandwiched together.

Jakob Bengel was a chain and costume jewellery factory, founded by Jakob Bengel in 1873 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Until 1920, the company specialised in the production of watch chains and chatelaines (pendants for pocket watches). In the 1920s and 1930s, it became one of the leading manufacturers of fashion jewellery in the Art Deco style. It was during the Bauhaus and Art Deco period that designers were looking to obtain new materials and inspiration to produce costume jewellery. Inspired by French Avant-Garde and other fashion trendsetters such as Coco Chanel, Bengel started to produce experimental jewellery. The pieces, catalogued 1924-1939, combined brass and chrome with geometric shapes of coloured galalith.