$1,260Sale Price|20% Off
18K Gold, Jade, Bangle Created with Ohio Steel, 70mm
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Northampton, MA
I created this bangle with heavy gauge Ohio steel that I hand-worked into shape. This open bangle is worn by sliding your wrist through the bangle's narrow opening. It's rigid enough...
Jade, 18k Gold, Steel
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Jade Bangle Certified Untreated Jadeite from Guatemala XL 70mm Diameter
Located in Northampton, MA
This is a difficult-to-find large-size hand-carved jadeite bangle in extremely rare Guatemala blue jadeite jade.
Jade
$1,156Sale Price|20% Off
Jade, Bangle, Created with Ohio Steel & 18K Gold, 70mm, 9"
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Northampton, MA
I created this jadeite jade bead bangle with heavy gauge Ohio steel that I hand-worked into shape.
Jade, 18k Gold, Steel
21st Century GIA Opal Diamond Cocktail Platinum Ring
Located in Miami, FL
This stunning diamond and opal cocktail ring is crafted in solid platinum, weighing 10.3 grams and measures 24mm x 13mm high. Showcasing a prominent four-prong set cosmic GIA certif...
Diamond, Opal, Platinum
Elegant Bulgari Style Pearl Bangle
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Bulgari Style Pearl Bangle from the 1990's Italy. Hard wired with 10 mm faux pearls and Bulgari style jeweled caps. Individually priced, choice of emerald or ruby end caps. 1...
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Jade Ring Hand Carved Band Certified Untreated Size 9
Located in Northampton, MA
This ring was carved from a single piece of certified natural and untreated black nephrite jade. The gleaming grand piano polish creates a circle white light all the way around the b...
Jade
Finest Glassy Nephrite Donut Pendant
Located in Northampton, MA
This ring-shaped hand-carved pendant features the finest green nephrite jade there is. This Chinese nephrite comes from the North-Western mountains of China and the nephrite features...
Jade, Zircon, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
Jade Ring with Diamonds Certified Untreated, New & Unworn Size 9.5
Located in Northampton, MA
A lush apple-green half-cylinder of natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade is the bright and impressive focal point of this 18K white gold circa 1990s -though never worn- jade sa...
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold
Steven Battelle 17.3 Carats Cabochon Aquamarine 18K Gold Post Earrings
By Steven Battelle
Located in Soquel, CA
Luscious blue opposing pear shaped cabochon aquamarines of 8 x 10 mm and 10 x 14 mm are surrounded by delicate "large/small twist wire" finely patterned bezels to create these classi...
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Hermes Birkin Limited Edition 35 Diamond Bordeaux Porosus Crocodile Bag
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers an exceptional limited edition Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Porosus Crocodile bag featured in stunning jewel-toned Bordeaux. This rare masterpiece features 18K White Go...
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Vintage Alhambra Lapis Lazuli Yellow Gold 5-Motif Bracelet
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
This rare Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet from the classic Vintage Alhambra collection is crafted in 18k yellow gold and features 5 lucky clover motifs inlaid with blue lapiz lazuli in r...
Lapis Lazuli, Yellow Gold
Collection of End of Day Bakelite Squiggle Bracelets
Located in New York, NY
Collection of End of Day Bakelite Squiggle Bracelets from the 1960's likely made of bakelite from an earlier period. Each is shaped like a potato chip and stack perfectly on top of e...
Tiffany & Co. Schlumberger 18K Yellow Gold Deep Green Enamel Diamond Bracelet
By Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. Schlumberger 18K Yellow Gold Deep Bright Green Enamel And Diamond Bracelet. An exquisite creation, a dark green paillonne enamel hinged bangle by Jean Schlumberger t...
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Roberto Cavalli 2003 Runway Cut-Out Silk Gown Showstopper Dress
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Berlin, BE
Holy Grail Archival Cavalli Gown Thie beautiful Roberto Cavalli’s Spring/Summer 2003 gown is an exquisite statement in feminine allure, a masterpiece of fluid elegance. Well documen...
Alexander McQueen black low plunge evening dress, fw 1998
By Alexander McQueen
Located in London, GB
Alexander McQueen black evening maxi dress with draped low plunge neckline. Fall-Winter 1998
Antique Ring 25ct natural Blue Sapphire solid 18K Gold Ø 4.75 US /9.6gr
Located in SE
Luxurious Antique Ring in Renaissance style, band and crown tested solid 18K Gold,not hallmarked, European, ca. XVIII - early XIX centuries. Huge cabochon of natural Light - Blue Sa...
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Givenchy Haute Couture Gown 1995 Spectacular Silk Evening Dress
By Givenchy
Located in Berlin, BE
GIVENCHY HAUTE COUTURE 1995 gown, numbered archival piece This breathtaking evening gown is a testament to timeless elegance infused with modern sensibility. The dress features a st...
Van Cleef & Arpels Turquoise & Sapphire Earrings
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Large Size Van Cleef & Arpels Turquoise & Sapphire Earrings A pair of 18 karat yellow gold earrings each set with a central cabochon sapphire framed by 13 round cut diamonds...
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$3,967
H 3.82 in W 6.7 in D 2.21 in
Antique Empire Tiara Comb Head Ornament Corallium Rubrum Fire Gilt Metall
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This empire tiara was made out fire gilt metal in 1810 ca. It is decorated with thirty five facetted corallium rubrum beads riveted onto the headv ornament. The tiara features a pier...
Gilt Metal
Today, it would be tough to track down a jewelry lover who doesn’t have a stack of vintage bangles and other bracelets ready to go for any occasion.
People have worn bangles and other bracelets for centuries. Examples can be found in the wide range of personal adornments favored by the Ancient Egyptians, some of whom wore bracelets and armlets made of gold and flecked with gemstones such as lapis and turquoise.
Fashion has evolved over the years, but the popularity of bangles has remained the same. Jewelry makers have created cuffs in all manner of styles, and no matter what your taste, you can find antique and vintage diamond bangles, ruby bangles, emerald bangles and more to suit you and to pair with any of your favorite ensembles. And although “bracelets” and “bangles” are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between the two.
Bangles are solid, one-piece bands that are always characterized by their rigid ring shape. Today, they’re made of metal, plastic, wood or other materials. Because this cuff is a solid piece, you have to slide it over your hand. Bracelets, however, are flexible pieces. Whether they’re charm bracelets, link bracelets, beaded bracelets or another variety, you open and close a bracelet at its ends, where it locks around your wrist with a clasp.
Bracelets and bangles suit most anyone, and there’s a style of bangle for every occasion, whether you’ve opted for an Art Deco bangle, a Victorian-era bangle or another kind. And their versatility doesn’t end there. Jewelry lovers know that when it comes to bangle bracelets (and other kinds of bracelets), you never have to choose just one. Just as you might wear a vintage tennis bracelet by itself or pair it with other thin bracelets, you can opt for a simple pared-down look with a single bangle or go big and stack your sculptural modern bangles to deepen their impact or double up your classic gold bangles and pair them with a T-shirt and jeans or a comfortable cotton day dress.
Browse an extensive collection of vintage bangle bracelets and other bracelets on 1stDibs. Find extraordinary works by iconic jewelry houses such as Cartier, Tiffany & Co. and David Webb, or peruse the array of link bracelets, cuff bracelets and diamond bangle bracelets for innumerable accessorizing options.