Vintage large Jakob Bengel Art Deco machine age, beautiful orange marbled galalith and chrome geometric brooch - book piece deals

Stunning space age vintage Art Deco brooch by Jakob Bengel, made in 1933. This piece is beautifully engineered out of a marbled orange colour galalith (type of early plastic similar to bakelite) and shiny chrome. The reverse shows the neatly covered rivet construction, creating this simple and elegant design.

The orange marbles galalith pieces are a particularly lovely colour - an unusual one. This is an example of a book piece from Lindemann's Bengel book - a red coloured version is shown on page 177. A photo of the book piece is shown as the last picture in this listing.

The brooch is in very good vintage condition. The chrome plating is lovely and clean, the galalith is good but has one tiny imperfection about an inch away from the deals pointed end.

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.