Description
Arno Malinowski (1899-1976) Georg Jensen Sterling Necklace. 15" long 1 1/8" or<br>28mm wide 93.6 grams. No dents, bends, or other issues. Selling the exact<br>necklace shown designed by Arno Malinowski for Georg Jensen in the 1960's.<br>Handmade and designed in the mid 1960's, an authentic period Mid Century modern<br>piece of the highest quality in both design and .<br><br>Silversmith. Arno Malinowski trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in<br>Copenhagen from 1922 to 1935 and designed a series of statuettes depicting<br>figures from mythology from 1921 to 1935 for the Royal Danish Porcelain<br>Manufactory. He worked for Georg Jensen from 1936 to 1944 and again from 1949 to<br>1965 creating designs for jewelry and hollowware . His 1937 jewelry designs of a<br>kneeling deer, a dolphin in the rushes and butterflies on a flower continued in<br>production for many years. In 1940 he designed the ‘Kingmark’ to commemorate the<br>seventieth birthday of King Christian. It was produced in great numbers and worn<br>by Danes to show their loyalty to Denmark and their resistance to the German<br>occupation. Malinowski had also studied the Japanese technique of inlaying iron<br>with gold or silver in the style of tsuba sword guards. During the war years<br>when the supply of silver was limited This enabled him to design pieces of<br>jewelry in iron rather than in silver. Also worked as a sculptor, ceramist,<br>engraver and medalist.<br><br>Georg Jensen, (born August 31, 1866, Raadvad, Denmark—died October 2, 1935,<br>Copenhagen), Danish silversmith and designer who achieved international<br>prominence for his commercial application of modern metal design. The simple<br>elegance of his works and their emphasis on fine craftsmanship, hallmarks of<br>Jensen’s products, are recognized around the world.<br><br>Jensen was apprenticed to a goldsmith at age 14. His artistic talents were<br>briefly focused on sculpture, but he returned to metalwork, primarily jewelry<br>and silver pieces, produced in the workshop he opened in Copenhagen in 1904.<br>Jensen exhibited his works at several major foreign exhibitions (winning a gold<br>medal at the Brussels Exhibition of 1910) and quickly built a reputation as an<br>outstanding and highly original silversmith. He moved to a larger workshop in<br>1912 and acquired his first factory building in 1919.<br><br>Jensen’s silverware achieved immediate popularity and commercial success. He<br>was, in fact, the first silver maker to realize a profit from the manufacture of<br>modern silver. Until Jensen’s time virtually all successful silverware producers<br>had relied on a standard repertory of popular traditional designs. Jensen,<br>however, found that the market for his sleek, simple pieces was larger than<br>anyone had predicted. His firm grew rapidly, expanding throughout Europe and<br>opening branches in London and New York City. On both continents Jensen’s work<br>set trends for contemporary tableware. He was among the first designers to<br>fashion steel—formerly considered fit only for low-quality, inexpensive<br>flatware—into handsome, serviceable cutlery.
