Green Tourmaline Emerald Diamond Halo Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Tourmaline, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clip-on Earrings
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2010s Congolese Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Stud Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Nouveau Clip-on Earrings
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21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Stud Earrings
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21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Stud Earrings
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2010s British Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s British Modern Engagement Rings
Blue Topaz, Topaz, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Emerald, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Emerald, Diamond, Platinum
2010s British Modern Engagement Rings
Blue Topaz, Diamond, Topaz, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
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Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century French Wrist Watches
Blue Sapphire, Steel
Early 2000s Brazilian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Tourmaline, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Tourmaline, 14k Gold
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Tourmaline
21st Century and Contemporary American Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Unknown Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Engagement Rings
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20th Century Romantic Drop Necklaces
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21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s American Drop Earrings
Tourmaline, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s African Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Aquamarine, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
2010s Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
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2010s Indian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Labradorite, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Moonstone, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Iolite, Diamond, Quartz, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Emerald, Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Tourmaline, Other, 18k Gold, Whi...
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Alexandrite, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Alexandrite, Diamond, Cat’s Eye, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Alexandrite, Diamond, Platinum
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A Close Look at Modern Jewelry
Rooted in centuries of history of adornment dating back to the ancient world, modern jewelry reimagines traditional techniques, forms and materials for expressive new pieces. As opposed to contemporary jewelry, which responds to the moment in which it was created, modern jewelry often describes designs from the 20th to 21st centuries that reflect movements and trends in visual culture.
Modern jewelry emerged from the 19th-century shift away from jewelry indicating rank or social status. The Industrial Revolution allowed machine-made jewelry using electric gold plating, metal alloys and imitation stones, making beautiful jewelry widely accessible. Although mass production deemphasized the materials of the jewelry, the vision of the designer remained important, something that would be furthered in the 1960s with what’s known as the “critique of preciousness.”
A design fair called the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” brought global attention to the Art Deco style in 1925 and gathered a mix of jewelry artists alongside master jewelers like Van Cleef & Arpels, Mauboussin and Boucheron. Art Deco designs from Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels unconventionally mixed gemstones like placing rock crystals next to diamonds while borrowing motifs from eclectic sources including Asian lacquer and Persian carpets. Among Cartier’s foremost design preoccupations at the time were high-contrast color combinations and crisp, geometric forms and patterns. In the early 20th century, modernist jewelers like Margaret De Patta and artists such as Alexander Calder — who is better known for his kinetic sculptures than his provocative jewelry — explored sculptural metalwork in which geometric shapes and lines were preferred over elaborate ornamentation.
Many of the innovations in modern jewelry were propelled by women designers such as Wendy Ramshaw, who used paper to craft her accessories in the 1960s. During the 1970s, Elsa Peretti created day-to-night pieces for Tiffany & Co. while designers like Lea Stein experimented with layering plastic, a material that had been employed in jewelry since the mid-19th century and had expanded into Bakelite, acrylics and other unique materials.
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