Pair Of Polished Plate Steel Bangles
Artist
Gijs Bakker
(Amersfoort, Netherlands, born 1942)
Datec. 1972
Object NameBangle
Mediumpolished plate steel
ClassificationsJewellery
DimensionsOverall: Diameter: 10.2 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1994 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© Designer Gijs Bakker, Amsterdam (2004)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008826
About MeTwo thick circular bangles which each comprise a band with a right angled shift in shape. They are made of polished plate steel, and are very sculptural and weighty as bangles. Gijs Bakker (Amersfoort, 1942) was trained as a jewellery and industrial-designer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Konstfack Skolen in Stockholm, Sweden. He is considered to be a pioneer in the field of jewellery design, wrestling jewellery from its purely decorative status and giving it a meaningful place in the world of art and design.
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Two weighty bangles by the Dutchman, a pioneer in moving jewellery design from the purely decorative to a meaningful place in the world of art and design
late 19th Century
Probably 19th century
1870-1900
1930s
mid 20th Century
