For men, money clips, tie-clasps, key chains, and adjustable watch bands were advertised.
Flexible spiral bracelets (some with motifs such as snakes and calla lilies) and chokers were also prominent. From 1946-1948, Vogue ads showed a variety of jewelry for men and women, including snake chains fashioned into two-, three-, and four-strand bracelets, and two- and three-strand necklaces bracelets with one or two charms watch bracelets pendant brooches and key chains. Two ads in Vogue magazine in 1940 promoted the company’s leather key chains with rhodium-plated initials. One design patent for a watch bracelet was issued in 1941. They entered bankruptcy in 1964.įrom 1926-1955, Forstner Chain was issued numerous utility patents pertaining to various types of chains, bracelets, ornamental belts, suspenders, watchbands, key chains, collar pins, tie holders, and cuff links. When William retired in 1955, a group of executives formed a new corporation, Forstner, Inc., to carry on the business. at 162 Clifford Street in Providence, Rhode Island, before starting this company. After emigrating to the U.S., they operated W. Brothers Wilhelm (1878 – 1962) and Walter (1884 – 1979) were born in Pforzheim, a jewelry-making center in Germany. Andrews (a lawyer), Forstner Chain Corporation was located at 646 Nye Avenue in Irvington, New Jersey.
Incorporated in 1920 by William (Wilhelm) Forstner, Walter Forstner, and Harvey T. In the 1950s, a large variety of designs was produced. After the war, the company never regained its earlier success. German politics in the 1930s and World War II restricted the company’s design freedom and production output. In 1932, filigree was added to the inventory. Under Gustav Braendle’s leadership, the firm received acclaim for its striking Art Deco designs in silver or vermeil silver with matte enamel and marcasites, combined with semi-precious stones such as coral, onyx and green agate. A year after winning a silver medal at the Paris World’s Fair in 1900, the company registered the “TF” trademark, which enabled them to export jewelry to Great Britain.
They helped the company gain eminence for its Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Celtic Revival jewelry. Gradl and Patriz Huber, who were architects and interior designers Julius Müller-Salem, Bert Joho and Ferdinand Morawe, painters and Ludwig Habich and Franz Boeres, sculptors. Designers included Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max J. He pioneered the use of eminent artists to design jewelry made partly or entirely by machine. Theodor Fahrner, Jr., was a creative and innovative designer and member of the aesthetic reform movement known as Jugendstil, the German name for Art Nouveau. Production ceased after his death in 1979. When Braendle died in 1952, his son Herbert took over. It was then sold to Gustav Braendle and renamed Gustav Braendle, Theodor Fahrner Nachfolger (German for “successors”). Theodor Fahrner, Jr., (1859 – 1919) ran the company from 1883 until his death. (1823 – 1883), the Fahrner company became one of the most successful European jewelry manufacturers of the late-19 th and early-20 th centuries. Books & Online Resources for Jewelry Researchįounded in Pforzheim, Germany, in 1855 by Georg Seeger and Theodor Fahrner, Sr.Schreiber & Hiller: A Jewelry Mystery Solved.Bracelets by Otis: A Surprising Connection.
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