Garnet Art Deco Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Citrine, Diamond, Garnet, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tsavorite, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Stud Earrings
Amethyst, Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 9k Gold, Yellow G...
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Diamond, Jade, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Onyx, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Jade, Rubelite, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Oceanic Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Gold
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Tsavorite, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Indian Art Deco More Earrings
Garnet, Sterling Silver
2010s Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tanzanite, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Peridot, Geode, Diamond, Garnet, Druzy
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Rhodolite, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Rhodolite, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Tanzanite, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Indian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Topaz, Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, White Diamond, Diamond, Amethyst, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Rock Crystal, Garnet, Citrine, Carnelian, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, White Diamond, Diamond, Amethyst, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 18k G...
2010s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Rhodolite, Diamond, Zircon, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, 10k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Italian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Black Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Garnet, White Diamond, Diamond, Amethyst, Y...
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Hoop Earrings
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Unknown Art Deco Stud Earrings
Garnet, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Rhodolite, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yello...
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Amethyst, Citrine, Diamond, Garnet, Multi-gemstone, Peridot, Blue Topaz,...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Quartz, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 9k Gold, ...
2010s Oceanic Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Peridot, Gold, 9k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Stud Earrings
Rhodolite, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Citrine, Garnet, Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
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A Close Look at Art-deco Jewelry
Fascination with the Jazz Age is endless, and even today jewelry designers continue to be inspired by authentic Art Deco jewelry and watches.
The Art Deco period, encompassing the 1920s and ’30s, ushered in a very distinct look in the design of jewelry. There were many influences on the jewelry of the era that actually began to take shape prior to the 1920s. In 1909, Serge Diaghilev brought the Ballet Russes to Paris, and women went wild for the company’s exotic and vibrant costumes It’s no wonder, then, that jade, lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and other bright gemstones became all the rage. There already existed a fascination with the East, particularly China and Japan, and motifs consisting of fans and masks started to show up in Art Deco jewelry.
However, the event that had the greatest influence on Deco was the excavation of the tomb of King Tut in 1922. When the world saw what was hidden in Tut’s burial chamber, it sent just about everyone into a frenzy. Pierre Cartier wrote in 1923 that “the discovery of the tomb will bring some sweeping changes in fashion jewelry.” And he couldn’t have been more right. “Egyptomania” left an indelible mark on all of the major jewelry houses, from Cartier to Van Cleef Arpels, Boucheron and Georges Fouquet. (Cartier created some of the most iconic jewelry designs that defined this era.)
While a lot of Art Deco jewelry was black and white — the black coming from the use of onyx or black enamel and the white from rock crystal and diamonds — there is plenty of color in jewelry of the era. A perfect accent to diamonds in platinum settings were blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and these stones were also used in combination with each other.
Many designers employed coral, jade and lapis lazuli, too. In fact, some of the most important avant-garde jewelers of the period, like Jean Després and Jean Fouquet (son of Georges), would combine white gold with ebony and malachite for a jolt of color.
A lot of the jewelry produced during this time nodded to current fashion trends, and women often accessorized their accessories. The cloche hat was often accented with geometric diamond brooches or double-clip brooches. Backless evening dresses looked fabulous with sautoir necklaces, and long pearl necklaces that ended with tassels, popular during the Edwardian period, were favored by women everywhere, including Coco Chanel.
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The Legacy of Garnet in Jewelry Design
Vintage and antique garnet jewelry has been around for a long time.
Garnets have been used for adornment going all the way back to the Bronze Age. While we will never know if garnets can be used to prevent plagues or heal warriors, as has been suggested, we do know that both the Egyptians and the Romans felt that it was a worthy stone to set in gold for their nobility. In more “recent” times, garnets were ubiquitous in Victorian jewelry. The “G” in REGARD rings, the equivalent of the modern-day engagement ring, implied garnet.
Garnets were also highly valued in the region of Bohemia. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has in its collection an antique hairpin with Bohemian pyrope garnets from the Czech Republic. Bohemian pyrope got its name from Bohuslav Balbín, sometimes referred to as the “Czech Pliny,” in 1679. Abundant in the region, it was used often in jewelry during this time. In fact, it became so popular that in 1762, Empress Marie Terezie forbade its export. Stonecutting workshops opened in several regions across Bohemia, and pyrope became the country’s mineralogical symbol. While there was never a decline in its popularity, it was only in the mid-20th century that garnets enjoyed a revival.
Garnets can come in many shapes and sizes — one of the largest ever discovered is a 68.82-carat Tsavorite garnet. This stone is also in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, Brazil’s mines are rich in garnets, including spessartine, which can also be found in the Myanmar area, recognized for a specific shade of reddish-orange. While red garnets are the most popular, garnets actually come in a medley of colors.
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Finding the Right Earrings for You
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.