Raymond Duncan textile panels ca 1920 Mexico Pictured in Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960

Pictured in Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960 The Wearable Art Movement by Marbeth Schon

The irregular curving lines and hammered surface textures of this bracelet by renowned American Modernist Christian Schmidt are both rhythmic and naturalistic

size: 1 3/4" x 1 1/2"

The open spaces around the two main elements allow light to play through

Raymond Duncan textile panels ca 1920 Mexico Pictured in Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960Three matched textile panels by the eccentric brother of Isadora Duncan. Dancer, artist, poet, craftsman and philosopher, his works in textiles are in many collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Chicago Institute. A set of four panels by Duncan sold at Christie's (London) 20thC Decorative Arts Sale (Oct 2009) christies. com These panels are block printed and hand coloured, each signed in the