Art Deco 1920s Earrings
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Mixed Metal
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Drop Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Oriental Pearl, Platinum
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Gilt Metal
Early 20th Century Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Drop Earrings
Marcasite, Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Drop Earrings
Silver
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Drop Earrings
Coral, Silver
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Dangle Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
14k Gold, 24k Gold, Gold-filled, Gold Plate
Early 20th Century Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Onyx, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Coral, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Topaz, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Topaz, Platinum
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A Close Look at art-deco Jewelry
Fascination with the Jazz Age is endless, and even today jewelry designers continue to be inspired by authentic Art Deco jewelry and watches.
The Art Deco period, encompassing the 1920s and ’30s, ushered in a very distinct look in the design of jewelry. There were many influences on the jewelry of the era that actually began to take shape prior to the 1920s. In 1909, Serge Diaghilev brought the Ballet Russes to Paris, and women went wild for the company’s exotic and vibrant costumes It’s no wonder, then, that jade, lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and other bright gemstones became all the rage. There already existed a fascination with the East, particularly China and Japan, and motifs consisting of fans and masks started to show up in Art Deco jewelry.
However, the event that had the greatest influence on Deco was the excavation of the tomb of King Tut in 1922. When the world saw what was hidden in Tut’s burial chamber, it sent just about everyone into a frenzy. Pierre Cartier wrote in 1923 that “the discovery of the tomb will bring some sweeping changes in fashion jewelry.” And he couldn’t have been more right. “Egyptomania” left an indelible mark on all of the major jewelry houses, from Cartier to Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron and Georges Fouquet. (Cartier created some of the most iconic jewelry designs that defined this era.)
While a lot of Art Deco jewelry was black and white — the black coming from the use of onyx or black enamel and the white from rock crystal and diamonds — there is plenty of color in jewelry of the era. A perfect accent to diamonds in platinum settings were blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and these stones were also used in combination with each other.
Many designers employed coral, jade and lapis lazuli, too. In fact, some of the most important avant-garde jewelers of the period, like Jean Després and Jean Fouquet (son of Georges), would combine white gold with ebony and malachite for a jolt of color.
A lot of the jewelry produced during this time nodded to current fashion trends, and women often accessorized their accessories. The cloche hat was often accented with geometric diamond brooches or double-clip brooches. Backless evening dresses looked fabulous with sautoir necklaces, and long pearl necklaces that ended with tassels, popular during the Edwardian period, were favored by women everywhere, including Coco Chanel.
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Finding the Right earrings for You
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.