Design 5280 Bracelet

This Design 5280 bracelet compresses the same greca vocabulary seen in the matching necklace into a hinged wrist form. The panels carry stepped fretwork in bright silver over an oxidized ground, with beaded borders and small fan-like details giving the dense pattern a clear rhythm. A safety chain at the clasp points to the practical weight and value of the object as worn jewelry.

The bracelet is not a secondary accessory so much as a concentrated version of the design. On the necklace the fret travels around the body as a collar, while here it is gathered into a tighter architectural band. The repeated panels need to align cleanly for the design to read as one continuous meander, which makes the construction as important as the motif.

Design 5280 belongs to Margot de Taxco's numbered silver range, which Hougart places from 5100 to 5790. The bracelet shows how Margot's workshop adapted one Pre-Columbian and modernist pattern across different forms, preserving the design language while changing the scale, curvature, and mechanics of wear.