1960s Modernist Italian Geometric Bracelet
Irene Byrne & Co
18ct Italian gold bracelets such as this are great investment pieces, in that you get a lot of wear and joy out of them, and whilst you do, the value of gold continues to go up. This bracelet is from circa 1960s, it has that edgy geometric look, yet if you look closer you can see that the roughed up textured sides of the links, are actually engraved flowers.
Circa: 1960s
Design Period: Modernism
Material: 18ct Yellow Gold
Width: 17.70 mm
Length: 195.00 mm
Length: 195.00 mm
Modernist Jewellery (1960s):
The modernists style began in the 1960s by rejecting styles that were popular in the past. The Victorians were seen as too decorative, the Art Nouveau style was deemed too fussy and Art Deco was considered too rigid. The modernists felt their style was more in common with artists, painters and sculptors with a goal to create a one-of-a-kind artwork that people could wear.
In the United States, silver was being used along with copper and found objects. Semi-precious stones were used in surreal, geometric or biomorphic forms with influence drawn from African motifs and the cubist art movement. In Scandinavia, silversmiths took an interest in natural and primal forms with designers such as Georg Jensen hiring notable artists for the period such as Henning Koppel and Nanna Ditzel who paralleled the style of the modernist Americans.
In the United States, silver was being used along with copper and found objects. Semi-precious stones were used in surreal, geometric or biomorphic forms with influence drawn from African motifs and the cubist art movement. In Scandinavia, silversmiths took an interest in natural and primal forms with designers such as Georg Jensen hiring notable artists for the period such as Henning Koppel and Nanna Ditzel who paralleled the style of the modernist Americans.