Christian Dior 1980s Gold Orange Reef Shell Pearl Crystals Chunky Cuff Bracelet
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Asymmetric Fluorescent Orange Coral Reef Shell Torch White Pearl Crystals Chunky Statement Cuff Modernist Elegant Bracelet, Gold Plated Very excellent condition...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Red Ruby Crystals Half Hoop Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Four Ruby Red Rectangle Clear Crystals Half Hoop Dome Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Very light scratches or colour los...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Gold Oval White Pearls Crystals Long Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Trio Oval White Pearls Crystals Long Bar Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Renowned for its timeless elegant designs, Christian Dior presents t...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Double Layer Leaf Openwork Extra Long Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Textured Vivid Double Layer Leaf Extra Long Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine. A unique piece. This gold plated stylis...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Iconic Gold Crystals Logo CD Monogram Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Iconic Classic Crystals Logo CD Monogram Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches or colour loss. 100% Genuine. A very beau...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold White Round Pearl Square Cube Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Square Cube White Round Pearl Elegant Modernist Chunky Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition. 100% Genuine. A very beautiful pair of earrings ...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Large Vivid Wavy Leaf Row Crystals Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Large Vivid Textured Wavy Leaf Row Crystals Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Maybe light scratches or colour loss, barely ...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Crystals Lock Long Bar Twist Chunky Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Crystals Lock Long Bar Twist Pendant Chunky Modernist Elegant Necklace, Gold Plated Very good condition. Colour loss at the clasp. Marked 'Chr.Dior (C)...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Double Crystals Chain Interlocked Linked 2 Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Double Whole Crystals Chain Interlocked Linked Choker Collar Necklace Bracelet 2 Gift Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very good condition. Maybe some li...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Black Gold Crystals Winding Domed Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Black Enamel Crystals Winding Half Dome Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Renowned for its timeless elegant designs, Christian Dior presents t...
Gold Plate, Enamel
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Large Gold Ribbon Knot Bow Openwork Crystals Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Large Glow Knot Bow Ribbon Openwork Crystals Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches, barely noticeable. 100% Genuine. ...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Large Gold Vivid Wavy Leaf Crystals Chunky Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Unisex Large Vivid Wavy Leaf Crystals Statement Chunky Modernist Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches, imperfect on the top po...
Gold Plate
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Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold White Enamel Crystals Ribbed Horn Shell Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex White Enamel Crystals Ribbed Horn Shell Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches or colour loss, barely noticeable. Not a...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Logo CD Monogram Circle Round Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Six 6 Logo CD Monogram Circle Round Dome Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. Maybe light scratches or colour loss, bar...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Dots Cross Kiss X Curved Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Textured Dots Cross Kiss X Curved Domed Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Good condition. Front side is very good, light scratches and colour lo...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Long Brushed Glow Water Tear Drop Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Long Brushed Glow Water Tear Drop Dangle Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. Maybe light scratches, barely noticeable...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Double Olive Leaf Fruit Relief Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Double Olive Leaf Fruit Relief Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. One earrings maybe need a deep clean. 100% Genuine. A v...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Crystals Peacock Bird Long Feather Tail Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Unisex Textured Vivid Bird Long Feather Tail Crystals Peacock Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% genuine. A unique piec...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Large 3D Circle Openwork Mesh Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Unisex Large 3D Circle Round Openwork Mesh Statement Chunky Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. 100% Genuine. Signed at the back. R...
Gold Plate
Set of Vintage "Schweizer" Lighter and Ashtray by Pagnossin, 1980s
By Pagnossin Ceramica
Located in Roma, IT
Set of Vintage Ceramic Lighter and Ashtray by Pagnossin Schweizer. Very good condition.
Metal
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Ribbon Crystals Knot Bow Snake Chain Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Crystals Ribbon Knot Bow Pendant Herringbone Snake Chain Elegant Necklace, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. Very new. 100% Genuine. Marked 'C...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Red Ruby Clear Crystals Black Gold Bangle Bracelet
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Black Enamel Ruby Red Clear Crystals Pendant Cuff Bangle Bracelet, Gold Tone Very good condition. Some light scratches or colour. barely noticeab...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Crystals Wide Woven Omega Mesh Chunky Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Sparkling Crystals Wide Woven Mesh Omega Collar Choker Chunky Modernist Necklace, Gold Plated Very good condition. Light scratches or colour loss...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Domed Glow Demi Hoop Semicircle Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Large Dome Glow Demi Hoop Semicircle Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. Very popular. 100% Genuine. A very beautiful p...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Classic Round Circle Logo CD Button Clip Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Classic Iconic Logo CD Button Round Circle Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. Only some dark spots at back, barely noticeable. ...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Cross Kiss X Crystals Black Curved Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Black Enamel Cross Kiss X Crystals Curved Domed Hoop Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. Maybe Light scratches or colour...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Knot Bow Water Drop Pearl Crystals Pendant Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Knot Bow Water Drop Pearl Crystals Dangle Drop Pendant Elegant Modernist Necklace, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine. Constructed from...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Iconic Gold Logo Large CD Monogram Chain Bracelet
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Classic Iconic Large Logo CD Monogram Chain Pendant Charm Modernist Bracelet, Gold Tone Very good condition. Only light scratches or colour loss ...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s White Pearl Crystals Flower Clover Gold Pin Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex White Round Pearl Crystals Flower Clover Blossom Elegant Modernist Pin Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches, barely noticeable....
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Iconic Gold CD Logo Monogram Woven Mesh Bracelet
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Iconic Classic Logo CD Monogram Charm Pendant Mesh Woven Elegant Modernist Bracelet, Gold Tone Very good condition. Some light scratches or colour loss,...
Silver Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Leaf Shining Crystals White Pearls Long Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Long Bar Leaf Shining Crystals White Pearls Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Renowned for its timeless elegant designs, Christian Dior present...
Gold Plate, Enamel
Christian Dior 1980s Vintage Gold Double Oval Mesh Openwork Chunky Drop Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1980 Vintage Large Double Oval Mesh Openwork Chunky Modernist Drop Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. Marked 'Chr.Dior (C) '. 100% Genuine. It is a...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Gold Long Mesh Twist Wheat Rope Versatile Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980 Unisex Wheat Mesh Twist Chain Rope Chain Versatile Modernist Long Necklace Bracelet, Gold Tone Very good condition. 100% genuine. A unique piece. Signe...
Gold Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Silver Gold Row Crystals Satin Demi Domed Earrings
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Row Crystals Satin Demi Domed Modernist Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Silver Tone Very excellent condition. 100% genuine. Rare to find. A very bea...
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Lapis Stone Gold Foil Oval Cabochon Omega 2 Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Unisex Lapis Navy Blue Stone Foil Oval Cabochon Openwork Omega Chunky Statement Collar Choker Necklace Clip Earrings Elegant Modernist Jewellery Set, Gol...
Gold Plate
Large Joseph Maria Olbrich Candleholder, Kayserzinn Reproduction, 1980s Design
By Eduard Hueck, Kayserzinn 1
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This impressive candleholder is a striking reproduction of a design by the renowned Austrian architect and designer Joseph Maria Olbrich, produced by Kayserzinn in the 1980s. Crafted...
Pewter
Pair of Grand Repos Lounge Chairs with Stools by Jean Prouvé Tecta , 1980s
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare pair of Grand Repos lounge chairs with ottomans. Designed by Jean Prouvé in the 1930s. Re-edition by Tecta Germany. Striking German design from the 1980s. Rare, ...
Chrome
Goebel. Rectangular glass bowl with Gustav Klimt’s Judith I (1901) motif. 1980s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Origin: Germany, Goebel. Designer: After Gustav Klimt. Material: Glass.
Glass
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1980s Crystal Sculpture of Piano with Metal Parts
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Crystal sculpture of piano with metal parts.
Glass, Art Glass
Unique, Monumental & Adjustable Solid Brass and Glass Table or Floor Lamp 1980s
Located in München, BY
Adjustable height. Custom made in Germany, 1980s. A marriage. Art deco glass shade signed at the outer edge: CROISI..A..
Brass
1980s Hugh Vase Hirschberg White and Blue
By Kristallglaswerk Hirschberg
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
1980s Hugh vase Hirschberg white and blue.
Crystal
Pair of Vintage Chrome "Mushroom" Table Lamps, 1980s
Located in Beirut, LB
This pair of vintage Art Deco-style table lamps is a stunning example of mid-century design, featuring a beautiful blend of materials and forms. Each lamp showcases a sleek, polished...
Chrome
1980s Porcelain Postcard by Karin Blume, Vintage Winter Scene, Villeroy and Boch
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Andernach, DE
A collectors porcelain postcard by one of the most famous porcelain makers in Europe, Villeroy & Boch, Germany. This very card published in 1982 displays children around the 1920s ic...
Porcelain
Rosenthal Horizon Lead Crystal Glass Candle Holder Catchall Vide Poche 1980s
By Rosenthal
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Rosenthal Horizon Lead Crystal Glass Candle Holder Paperweight. Rosenthal Minimalist lead crystal glass Horizon line pillar votive candle holder, vide poche, catchall, paperweight ma...
Crystal
Crystal Glass and Brass Wall Lamp by Honsel, Germany
By Honsel
Located in Barntrup, DE
Crystal glass and brass wall lamp by Honsel, Germany, 1980s This beautiful Art Deco-style two-light wall lamp from the late 20th century features five crystal glass tubes- rods faste...
Metal, Brass
Large Satin Swirl Glass Flush Mount, 1980s, Honsel Leuchten, Germany
By Honsel
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous brass and glass flush mount. Made in the Art Deco style. It can be used also as a wall light. The light fixture requires two European E27 Edison bulb, up to 60 watts. Made...
Metal
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line, Art Glass Vase, 1980s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line. Art glass vase decorated with flowers and swans, 1980s. Measures: 27.5 x 20 cm. In very good condition. Stamped.
Art Glass
When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.
Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.
This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.
Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.
And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”
Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.
In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.
On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.
Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself.
Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.
Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.
For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.
Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.
In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so.
Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.
Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle.
BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.
A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in.
Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.
Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.
Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.
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