Rebajes Jewelry

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Rebajes - 1941 - present - Francisco Rebajes was a brilliant moderist jewelry designer and sculptor. Much of his jewelry work is in copper or sterling silver and his peices have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Rebajes imigrated to New York as a teenager. Having very little means early in his career, Rebajes' work was fortuitously discovered by the director of the Whitney Museum and with this exposure his career took off. This enabled him to open a store in Greenwich village and later on 5th avenue. All the pieces were handmade though not neccessarily by him. He hired Otto Bade to make the jewelry in the early 1940's who later oversaw all the work and eventually bought the company from Rebajes in 1960. Jewelry bearing the Rebajes signature is still manufactured today.