Modern Sapphire Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American Retro Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Bracelets
Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Dutch Artisan Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, 22k Gold, 24k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s American Modern Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Italian Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Enamel, Titanium
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Modern Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Russian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Russian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Early 2000s Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Platinum
2010s Swiss Modern More Earrings
Ruby, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s European Modern Hoop Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Swiss Modern More Earrings
Ruby, Sapphire, Tsavorite, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
White Gold
Early 2000s German Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Drop Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
2010s Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Tsavorite, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Hoop Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Brown Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gol...
Vintage 1980s American Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Sterlin...
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Turkish Modern Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Sterling Silver
2010s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Quartz, Green Sapphire, Tsavorite, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, White Gold, Silver
2010s Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 22k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Drop Earrings
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold
Vintage 1980s Swiss Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Lever-Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, 14k Gold
2010s Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
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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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