{"product_id":"rare-us-designer-bill-tendler-sterling-silver-modernist-3d-brooch-circa-1950s","title":"Rare US Designer Bill Tendler Sterling Silver Modernist 3D Brooch Circa 1950s","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRare US Designer Bill Tendler Sterling Silver Modernist 3D Brooch Circa 1950s\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements: 2.5\"W x 1.25\"H x .25\"Thick (6.35cm x 3.18cm x .64cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarkings: Tendler Sterling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 7.2g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStunning modernist sterling silver brooch by the iconic Bill Tendler. Brooch has been professionally polished and looks phenomenal. Included with purchase is a converter so it can be worn as a pendant if preferred. Superb collector's piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the last few photos about Bill Tendler as told in the book: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\"Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960 The Wearable Art Movement\"\u003c\/span\u003e by Marbeth Schon, Published 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMannequin is a life-size torso representation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Tendler (1906 - 1973) Although not much is known about Bill Tendler's life, although he is \u003cspan color=\"#1f842e\"\u003econsidered\u003c\/span\u003e to be one of the \"Founding Fathers\" of the US Modernist jewelry movement in the 1940's. This \u003cspan color=\"#1f842e\"\u003eAvant\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan color=\"#1f842e\"\u003eGarde\u003c\/span\u003e movement kept with ideas and motifs of the Bauhaus, Surrealism, Cubism and it's \u003cspan color=\"#1f842e\"\u003einherent\u003c\/span\u003e primitivism. One of the first to establish his shop in Greenwich Village in New York City in the late 1940's and joined with the likes of Art Smith, Ed Wiener, Henry Steig, Irena Brynner, Sam Kramer, Paul Lobel, Sklar, Rima and Rebajes just to name a few. His designs are iconic and his jewelry rare and highly sought after.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Tendler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45393100570839,"sku":"115-20240703-1","price":0.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0398\/2727\/5940\/files\/bill-tendler-jewelry-rare-us-designer-bill-tendler-sterling-silver-modernist-3d-brooch-circa-1950s-41128382202071.jpg?v=1726320010","url":"https:\/\/trendy-mcm-home.myshopify.com\/en-no\/products\/rare-us-designer-bill-tendler-sterling-silver-modernist-3d-brooch-circa-1950s","provider":"Trendy Modern Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}