Chaumet Diamond Earrings
Vintage 1980s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Stud Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
Early 2000s French Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s French More Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
20th Century French Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
2010s European Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s French Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Emerald, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s French Retro Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s French Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s French Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Diamond, Onyx, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Romantic Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s French Stud Earrings
Turquoise, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Enamel, Yellow Gold, 18...
Vintage 1980s French Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s French Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yell...
20th Century French Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s French Beaded Necklaces
Diamond, Amethyst, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Modernist Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Malachite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Onyx, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Ruby
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Hoop Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century French Bangles
Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Art Deco Figurines and Sculptures
Rock Crystal, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s French Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Malachite, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
2010s Clip-on Earrings
Amethyst, Pearl, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century French Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French More Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Antique 1880s English Victorian Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Hoop Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century French Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, White Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Aesthetic Movement Drop Earrings
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hoop Earrings
White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s French Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Stud Earrings
Diamond, Opal, Rose Gold
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Chaumet Diamond Earrings For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much are Chaumet Diamond Earrings?
Chaumet for sale on 1stDibs
Decades before luxury French jewelry maisons such as Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier were born, Marie-Étienne Nitot (1750–1809) founded the house that became the internationally esteemed Chaumet, which, for centuries, has created timeless necklaces, watches, rings, tiaras and other jewelry and accessories for royalty as well as Hollywood luminaries.
Before opening his own jewelry house, Nitot worked as an apprentice to Ange-Joseph Aubert, court jeweler to Marie Antoinette, and collaborated on pieces for the Queen. In 1780, he left Aubert’s side to open his own maison.
Surviving the upheaval of the French Revolution, Nitot soon found lavish commissions with the new people in power. The Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte longed for France to once again be the epicenter of luxury, making himself the fashionable face of the prospering country. Nitot’s commissions for Napoléon began with the papal tiara for Pope Pius VII that included a 414-carat emerald among its thousands of precious stones and the 1804 coronation sword, a decadent piece that featured the 140-carat Regent diamond.
The young jewelry house soon became the official jeweler of the Imperial Court, the personal jeweler of Empress Joséphine and one of the most sought-after jewelers in Europe. Chaumet’s work in this era helped popularize the tiara as a status symbol, with ornate pieces designed for Joséphine and Empress Marie-Louise, Napoléon’s second wife.
After Nitot died in 1809, his son, François-Regnault, took over in 1812 and moved the maison into the Place Vendôme, making it the first business to occupy the Parisian center of luxury. By then, Chaumet had included timepieces in its offerings, such as bracelet watches adorned with precious gemstones and equipped with movements made by Breguet (which opened a shop on Place Vendôme in 1933).
After the fall of the Napoléon Empire, successors Jean-Baptiste and Jules Fossin focused more on romantic styles of jewelry that referenced the past and nature, an approach carried on by Valentin and Prosper Morel. It was Joseph Chaumet, director from 1885 to 1928, who gave the maison its illustrious name and brought it into the 20th century with jewelry, accessories and tiaras inspired by the extravagant decor of the Belle Époque.
Later, with Joseph’s son, Marcel Chaumet, succeeding him, the house would be featured at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris — from which the term Art Deco derives — and, alongside the likes of Cartier, would be seen as a leader in introducing the flamboyantly geometric designs and high-contrast color pairings of Art Deco jewelry to the global stage.
Chaumet has adapted over the years to meet changing tastes and trends. The house still reigns in the world of luxury jewelry, celebrating its 240th anniversary in 2020. Since 1999, it has been part of the LVMH Group. Its salons and high jewelry workshop continue to operate in the Place Vendôme where gem-setters, polishers and jewelers craft rings, earrings, watches and enduringly popular tiaras.
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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.