Modern More Earrings
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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1960s American Vintage Modern More Earrings
Enamel
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Emerald, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern More Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Vintage Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
1980s Vintage Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern More Earrings
Turquoise, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 1...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Colombian Modern More Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Early 2000s French Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Peridot, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1960s American Vintage Modern More Earrings
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
1950s Unknown Vintage Modern More Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Earrings
Black Diamond, White Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern More Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Modern More Earrings
Amethyst, Jade, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1990s American Modern More Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Earrings
White Diamond, Garnet, Iolite, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Coral, Onyx, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern More Earrings
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern More Earrings
Jade, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern More Earrings
1980s American Vintage Modern More Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern More Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 9k Gold
1960s American Vintage Modern More Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern More Earrings
Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Coral, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Earrings
White Diamond, Iolite, Tourmaline, Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Black Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern More Earrings
Crystal
2010s Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, T...
2010s American Modern More Earrings
Yellow Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Aquamarine, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Amethyst, Citrine, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold





