One of a Kind Sterling Necklace Designed by the Mexican Artist Alfredo Zalce

Beautiful necklace handmade by Ken Beldin in Mexico around the 1950s. Simple, whimsical design made with simple materials: hammered copper and brass attached with two simple S-shaped...

Beautiful pendant chandelier with a wrought iron structure painted black with 24 hand-made glass pieces in assorted colors, for one bulb, hangs by a chain. Extremely bright, decorati...

Breath-taking spherical chandelier with a distinctive Mexican mid-century modern style. Constructed with round hand-blown bubbled, textured glass pieces in assorted lively colors, predominantly in the blue, green, and brown hues. This fixture contains more than 100 original pieces of glass, each one unique. It is provided with a thick chain for hanging and carries a regular socket for a standard light bulb. Elaborated in the 1960s by Felipe Derflingher, "Feders". Feders Lamp...

Beautiful chandelier assembled with three original Feders pumpkin-shaped shades of blown green glass trapped in wrought iron painted black. Each sphere hangs from a black chain and w...

A sterling silver necklace with a turquoise color cabochon set in by Mexican silversmith Tane Orfebres circa 1960-1970s. The chain links were crafted in a modernist sculptural form w...

A stunning choker style necklace in sterling silver by Graziella Laffi (1926-2009) Lima, Peru, circa 1960s. The bold necklace showcases an oversized plate...

A bespoken sterling silver necklace with five roundel bell shape of gradual sizes linked by joint chains, designed and made by Graziella Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, Peru, circa 1965. The subtly hammered roundels evoke a sense of history with the form found in pre-Columbian culture, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernism. The necklace with Peruvian Cultural Ministry label to verso. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...

A bespoken Mexican Modern silver necklace circa 1950s from Taxco, Mexico and crafted by William Spratling (1900-1967), an American designer and entrepreneur who established his silve...