Iconic US Modernist Designer Bill Tendler Sterling 3-D Ribbons Earrings 1950s

Measurements: 1.25"L x 1.1"W x .6"Thick (2.79cm x 1.91cm x 1.53cm)

Markings: Tendler Sterling

Weight: 6.9g

Stunning set of modernist matte sterling silver earrings titled "Ribbons" by the iconic Bill Tendler. The earrings are in excellent condition with little to no wear and the screw backs work as intended. Could easily be converted to post style by a jeweler. See the last few photos about Bill Tendler as told in the book: "Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960 The Wearable Art Movement" by Marbeth Schon, Published 2004.

Bill Tendler (1906 - 1973) Although not much is known about Bill Tendler's life, although he is considered to be one of the "Founding Fathers" of the US Modernist jewelry movement in the 1940's. This Avant Garde movement kept with ideas and motifs of the Bauhaus, Surrealism, Cubism and it's inherent 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.