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Bracelet By Theodor Fahrner From Pforzheim With Marcasites, Around 1955


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Bracelet By Theodor Fahrner From Pforzheim With Marcasites, Around 1955
Bracelet By Theodor Fahrner From Pforzheim With Marcasites, Around 1955
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Fahrner jewellery from Pforzheim occupies a special place in the history of Art Nouveau and Art Deco jewellery. For Theodor Fahrner and later his successor Gustav Braendle knew better than almost any other modern jewellery manufacturer how to make artistically convincing designs and quality workmanship the hallmark of their brooches, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Salesmen with large sample cases presented the new designs developed in Pforzheim to local jewellers every year. One such sample case full of unworn Fahrner jewellery had lain untouched in an attic for the last 40 years or more until it was offered to us. It contained samples of almost every series from about 1919 until the company's dissolution in 1979, most with a model number or the "Original Fahrner" seal. The bracelet here is therefore unworn and perfectly preserved. This bracelet comes from the series "Filigran jewellery", which was developed in the 1930s and referred to old Germanic detail forms. The bracelet consists of winning dynamically curved links, some of which have been gilded and hatched. The small curved struts that have remained silver each set five marcasitros, giving each link depth and three-dimensionality. The bracelet is made of silver that has been lightly gilded. This type of gilding is called "antique gilding" by Fahrner. It has a cool, slightly greenish-gold tone that makes Fahrner jewellery easily identifiable. The band was probably executed in the 1950s. A Fahrner label and the original seal have survived on the band. A wonderful overview of the wealth of designs can be found in the catalogueue "Theodor Fahrner. Schmuck zwischen Avantgarde und Tradition", edited by Brigitte Leonhardt and Dieter Zühlsdorff, Stuttgart 2005. The series here can be found there on p. 226f. Discover all the other Fahrner jewellery we offer at this location.
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"The beauty of clothing is enhanced to an extraordinary degree by the distinctive effect of Fahrner jewellery. No lady of taste will want to do without it in the future." (From a brochure of the company Theodor Fahrner from the 1920s) Theodor Fahrner made artists' jewelry affordable because he combined modern forms with democratic materials. He did not create individual pieces for a small elite like Lalique or Cartier, but rather the designs were mass-produced in silver, decorated with enamel, marcasites and occasionally precious stones. Jewelers and department stores throughout Europe sold the jewellery, which Fahrner advertised extensively in journals and magazines: "Fahrner jewellery - based on designs by the best artists" allowed every woman to participate in a modern life full of beauty.
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Bracelet By Theodor Fahrner From Pforzheim With Marcasites, Around 1955
Decorative wave play
€ 449.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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