Modern Charm Bracelets
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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1990s Unknown Modern Charm Bracelets
14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Charm Bracelets
Onyx, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Charm Bracelets
Quartz, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Modern Charm Bracelets
Platinum
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Irish Modern Charm Bracelets
Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Charm Bracelets
Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Charm Bracelets
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s German Vintage Modern Charm Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Indonesian Modern Charm Bracelets
Multi-gemstone, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern Charm Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Charm Bracelets
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s French Modern Charm Bracelets
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yello...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 18...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 18...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yello...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yello...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Fire Opal, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Charm Bracelets
Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 14...