Editor’s Note
**Editor’s Note:** This piece explores the surprising connection between Bauhaus design and the once-dismissed jewelry of Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, now gaining renewed recognition for its artistic influences.
In the 1930s at the Pulse of Time
Idar-Oberstein
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The jewelry of Bengel from Idar-Oberstein once traveled around the world. What was once mockingly regarded as “cheap goods” from the Hunsrück region is now experiencing new appreciation – as research reveals the famous influences on the designs.
07.09.2023, 07:27 Uhr
Bauhaus jewelry by the company Bengel in Idar-Oberstein
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Photo: Jürgen Cullmann, Lichtblick Fotodesign
By Birgit Markwitan
Whether the workers of the watch chain and bijouterie goods factory Jakob Bengel in Oberstein were interested in who designed the jewelry whose parts passed through their hands? Did they talk about its colors and forms? Did they like it? We do not know. That was the responsibility of the bosses, who lived next door in the Art Nouveau villa.