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Frantz Hingelberg cited.

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A 1953 catalog (on facebook) indicates that (modernist furnishings dealer) Axel Zacho in Los Angeles was an American agent for sterling by Frantz Hingelberg of Denmark. ?Would this be the firm of the smith mentioned in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=4537&hilit=Hingelberg
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Re: Frantz Hingelberg cited.

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As it turns out, Jensensilver.com has a great deal of historical information available regarding Danish silvermakers and jewelry design. Frantz (aka Franz) Hingelberg (also as Hingolborg) opened his Aarhus shop in 1897, running to his death in 1919. Operated by his wife thereafter, it was run by son William (aka Vilhelm) from 1924 to 1966, and thence to 1986 by his son John. (I leave off the latter era here). Most important, Svend Weirauch (once with Jensen) joins the firm in 1928 and becomes the main influence over design where Functionalism comes into prominence. In 1943, a shop at Aboulevarden & School Street opens and employs up to 50 workers.
Zacho is still a vague history, but he was Danish and was also listed in the 1953 catalog as an agent for Carl M. Cohr of Fredericia, with a "Danish Thread Pattern" mentioned for the firm. Hingelberg also has a threaded silver among their vast number of designs, but nothing is noted in the reference source. Axel's "Zacho Furniture" store was located at 3157 Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile district west of downtown Los Angeles, and just a few doors from the 1929 Art Deco design masterpiece of Bullock's Wilshire department store. His home was at 1626 Gilcrest Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Axel died in 1955, and the store operated for a few more years before closing. Two known modernist sterling flatware patterns carried by Zacho have apparently never been linked to a specific source. One has dual embedded threadlines across the handle above the bowl, with the other having what looks to be a tulip flower as part of the handle shape. [This will be expanded with images and a sample having marks, in an appropriate area.]
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