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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