HOT ! Antonio Pineda (1919-2009) Taxco Hammered sterling silver leaf form bracelet

Antonio Pineda (1919-2009) Taxco Hammered silver leaf form bracelet, measurements in pics.  7\" long with no issues.

Antonio Pineda (1919-2009)In the mountain town of Taxco in Mexico’s state of Guerrero,large-scale mining can be dated to thesixteenth century, and silver is a way oflife. In the years following the Mexican Revolution (1910–20), jewelry and othersilver objects were crafted there with an entirely innovative approach,informedby modernism and the creation of a new Mexican national identity. Today,at the age of 89, AntonioPineda is one of two living members of the Taxco Schooland is recognized as a world-class designerand a Mexican national treasure.Nearly two hundred examples of Pineda’s acclaimed silver work willbe displayedin Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda, atravelingexhibition debuting at the Fowler Museum Aug. 24, 2008.Significantly,given Pineda’s many accomplishments and international renown, he identifieshimselfprimarily as a taxqueño, or Taxco, silversmith. From its inception, theTaxco movement broke newground in technical achievement and design. WhileAmerican-born, Taxco-based designer WilliamSpratling has been credited withspearheading the contemporary Taxco silver movement, it was agroup of talentedMexican designers who went on to establish independent workshops and developthedistinctive “Taxco School.” These designers incorporated numerous aestheticorientations—Pre-Columbian art; silverwork, images, and other artwork from theMexican Colonial period; andlocal popular arts—merging them within the broadspectrum of modernism.Pineda himself is lauded for his bold designs andingenious use of gemstones. Silver Seduction tracesthe evolution of his workfrom the 1930s–70s, and includes more than fifty each of necklaces andbracelets,as well as numerous beautiful rings, earrings and diverse examples of hishollowware andtableware. All of the works feature Pineda’s hard-to-achievecombination of highly refined and hand-wrought appeal.Pineda’s jewelry isespecially known for its elegant acknowledgment of the human form. It isoftensaid that a Pineda fits the body perfectly, that it feels right when it isworn. So, for example, a thickgeometric necklace that might at first glance seemtoo weighty or rigid to wear comfortably is, in fact,faceted, hinged, orhollowed in such a way that it gracefully encircles the neck or drapesseductivelydown the décolletage.In addition, no other taxqueño jeweler used asmany costly semiprecious stones or set them with asmuch ingenuity, skill, andvariety as did Pineda. Only the most talented of silversmiths could master