Margot de Taxco is a costume jewelry brand founded by Margot Van Voorhies Carr in Taxco, Mexico in the mid-20th century. The company produced silver jewelry with intricate designs, often with motifs inspired by nature and animals.
In 1937, Margot moved to Taxco from San Francisco.
After marrying Mexican jeweler Antonio Castillo, she opened her own workshop, Margot de Taxco.
In 1955, she began applying enamel to most of her pieces.
At the height of her career, Margot had about 24 jewelers and 12 enamelers under her command.
In 1960, a fire in her workshop forced Margot to move, and the business was closed due to financial difficulties.
Design
Influences from Japanese art, such as fish and wave motifs.
Pre-Columbian American motifs — snakes, fish, turtles, birds.
Simple shapes — disks, balls, ropes.
Use of semi-precious stones — obsidian, turquoise, amethyst.
A distinctive feature — bright enamel, which stood out against the background of more modernist and restrained in color embodiment jewelry of Mexican jewelers.
Margarit herself developed each design and indicated how to produce it.
In the workshop, steel stamps were made from which products were stamped.
Workers assembled, enameled, polished and finished the jewelry.
Margot de Taxco products are marked with Margarit’s name, Eagle 16 (or Eagle 1 for early works) and the production number.
Margarita’s works for the Margot de Taxco brand were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Today, Margot de Taxco jewelry is highly prized by collectors.
