Vintage Jakob Bengel Art Deco machine age geometric silver tone chrome and green galalith interlocking ring chunky chain style necklace

Fabulous Jakob Bengel Art Deco 1930s machine age geometric necklace with machine age, chunky silver tone and green galalith chain loops. The the component parts are an absolutely classic style from the 1930s Art Deco period. The pretty green galalith (an early casein-based plastic) rings are a regular theme in Jakob Bengel pieces.

The piece feels beautiful when worn - high quality and weighty. It is 16 inches in length and fastens with a secure screw bolt clasp. 

It is in very good vintage condition - please examine the pictures carefully. The piece is over 90 years old and some slight peeps of brass tone beneath the chrome plating can be seen when very magnified.

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.