BENGEL ART DECO JEWELLERY

The discovery of this Art Déco collection, that is unique in 1930s European jewellery, focused public attention on the business (est . 1873). Comprising a factory, with a villa for the proprietor and housing for the workforce, it had been preserved in its building, replete with machinery and tools as a relic of 1870s boom era costume jewellery. Turned into a cultural monument through the establ ishment of a foundation in 2001, today it makes 130 years of costume jewellery history come alive and is being successfully transfor med into...[Read more]