Arno Malinowski (1899-1976) Georg Jensen Sterling Necklace. 15" long 1 1/8" or 28mm wide 93.6 grams. No dents, bends, or other issues. Selling the exact necklace shown designed by Arno Malinowski for Georg Jensen in the 1960's. Handmade and designed in the mid 1960's, an authentic period Mid Century modern piece of the highest quality in both design and .

Silversmith. Arno Malinowski trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1922 to 1935 and designed a series of statuettes depicting figures from mythology from 1921 to 1935 for the Royal Danish Porcelain Manufactory. He worked for Georg Jensen from 1936 to 1944 and again from 1949 to 1965 creating designs for jewelry and hollowware . His 1937 jewelry designs of a kneeling deer, a dolphin in the rushes and butterflies on a flower continued in production for many years. In 1940 he designed the ‘Kingmark’ to commemorate the seventieth birthday of King Christian. It was produced in great numbers and worn by Danes to show their loyalty to Denmark and their resistance to the German occupation. Malinowski had also studied the Japanese technique of inlaying iron with gold or silver in the style of tsuba sword guards. During the war years when the supply of silver was limited This enabled him to design pieces of jewelry in iron rather than in silver. Also worked as a sculptor, ceramist, engraver and medalist.

Georg Jensen, (born August 31, 1866, Raadvad, Denmark—died October 2, 1935, Copenhagen), Danish silversmith and designer who achieved international prominence for his commercial application of modern metal design. The simple elegance of his works and their emphasis on fine craftsmanship, hallmarks of Jensen’s products, are recognized around the world.

Jensen was apprenticed to a goldsmith at age 14. His artistic talents were briefly focused on sculpture, but he returned to metalwork, primarily jewelry and silver pieces, produced in the workshop he opened in Copenhagen in 1904. Jensen exhibited his works at several major foreign exhibitions (winning a gold medal at the Brussels Exhibition of 1910) and quickly built a reputation as an outstanding and highly original silversmith. He moved to a larger workshop in 1912 and acquired his first factory building in 1919.

Jensen’s silverware achieved immediate popularity and commercial success. He was, in fact, the first silver maker to realize a profit from the manufacture of modern silver. Until Jensen’s time virtually all successful silverware producers had relied on a standard repertory of popular traditional designs. Jensen, however, found that the market for his sleek, simple pieces was larger than anyone had predicted. His firm grew rapidly, expanding throughout Europe and opening branches in London and New York City. On both continents Jensen’s work set trends for contemporary tableware. He was among the first designers to fashion steel—formerly considered fit only for low-quality, inexpensive flatware—into handsome, serviceable cutlery.