Modern Vintage Jewellery
20th Century Contemporary Modern Vintage Jewellery
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Opal, Diamond, Black Opal, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Coral, Diamond, Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Opal, 14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Brazilian Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Quartz, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
1990s Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Morganite, Gold, 9k Gold
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Brass
1980s American Artist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Gold, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Art Glass
1980s Modern Vintage Jewellery
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Swiss Modern Vintage Jewellery
1970s Danish Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Opal, 14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Modern Vintage Jewellery
Topaz, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Copper
20th Century American Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Mexican Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Malachite, Rock Crystal, Crystal, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Copper
20th Century Unknown Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Coral, Turquoise, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Opal, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modern Vintage Jewellery
Sterling Silver
1970s American Artisan Modern Vintage Jewellery
Base Metal
20th Century Italian Contemporary Modern Vintage Jewellery
Silver, Sterling Silver
1990s Italian Retro Modern Vintage Jewellery
White Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s American Anglo-Indian Modern Vintage Jewellery
Gilt Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Modern Vintage Jewellery
Aquamarine, Ruby, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
1960s Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Coral, Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Classical Roman Modern Vintage Jewellery
Coral, Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Jewellery
Amethyst, Citrine, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Danish Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Sterling Silver
20th Century Unknown Retro Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
1960s Danish Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Sterling Silver
1960s Modern Vintage Jewellery
18k Gold
1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Platinum
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, Opal, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Modern Vintage Jewellery
Art Glass
20th Century Unknown Retro Modern Vintage Jewellery
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Modern Vintage Jewellery
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
1970s Danish Modernist Modern Vintage Jewellery
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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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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