Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Bangle #142A - Nanna Ditzel

Designed by Nanna Ditzel 1923 - 2005

Inside Circumference. 19,2 cm. / 7,6''

bangle Width 0,95 cm. / 0,4''

Weight 32.9grams

Perfect Vintage Condition.

About the designer:

Nanna Ditzel (b. 1923) was perhaps the most prolific Danish craftswoman of the post-war years. She and her husband, Jorgen (1921-1961), were trained as furniture and textile designers, but she later switched to jewelry design. The fruitful Ditzel collaboration produced seminal enamel pieces for A. Michelsen as well as for Georg Jensen. The pair won the annual Lunning Prize in 1956 (for Danish Modern furniture, still in production) splitting the $5,000 award with Timo Sarpaneva of Finland. The famous Ditzel necklace of silver petals, 1956, is the most expensive ever produced by Jensen and is still in production, as are many of their early revolutionary designs, sleek as racing yachts. Nanna Ditzel once said “clarity of mind and dress are necessary to wear this jewelry.” After her husband’s early death, she continued to create in several disciplines. After a long stay in London, she has returned to Copenhagen to design furniture. Sometimes the Ditzel benchmarks “NJ” for Nanna and Jorgen or “ND” for Nanna Ditzel are stamped alongside the Jensen mark.