Vintage Siv Lagerström Gold Bead Acrylic Ring – Size 5
About Siv Lagerström
Rings designed by Swedish designer Siv Lagerström in the period of 1967-1973. She was a midcentury silver smith who began experimenting with alternative materials at the end of the 1960s.
Lagerström's acrylic rings represented a new artistic expression with new materials that broke away from the conventions of what a piece of jewelry should look like. Her rings resonated with and were considered alongside Pierre Cardin's futuristic, colorful fashion for women’s liberation. Think collarless geometric shapes, daringly short hemlines, graphic bright colors.
The expression was more important than expensive materials, in a democratic spirit. Her work also bears similarities to the Op art of the 1960s with psychedelic abstract patterns in motion, creating a three-dimensional sculptural sensation.
Lagerström's pieces are very collectible and examples of her work are on display at the National Museum, Sweden.
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This one immediately caught my eye! Suspended within the crystal-clear acrylic is a sculptural arrangement of graduated gold-tone beads (are they real gold? are they pearls?) resting atop a blue-green textured inclusion, creating a fascinating depth and dimension.
I love how the composition feels almost like a tiny landscape captured inside the ring. The beads vary in size, while the blue-green ground beneath them displays subtle variations in color and pattern. Darker speckled details add even more visual interest, rewarding a closer look.
Details
- Signed: SIV
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Dated: 1967-1973
- Size: 5
- Measurements:
- Height: 34 mm
- Top diameter: 23.5 mm
- Width at bottom: 9.9 mm
- Weight: 12 grams
- Material: Acrylic (Plexiglass), clear acrylic with gold-tone bead and organic textured inclusion
- Stamps: Maker, Made in Sweden
- Condition: Excellent vintage condition with normal age-related wear. Light surface wear consistent with age and use.
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