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David Yurman Yellow Gold Cable Spira Bracelet
By David Yurman
Located in New York, NY
An 18 karat yellow gold Cable Spira Bracelet. David Yurman. Designed as a slightly flexible
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Cuff Bracelets

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

David Yurman Cable Collection Spira Diamond 18k Rose Gold Bracelet
By David Yurman
Located in Baltimore, MD
David Yurman Cable Collection Spira Diamond 18K Rose Gold Bracelet 4mm Metal: 18k rose/pink gold
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bangles

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold

14 Karat Yellow Gold Sapphire vintage David Yurman Cable Spira Cuff Bracelet
By David Yurman
Located in Troy, MI
Timeless David Yurman design cable spira cuff bracelet with double square cut sapphire stations
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cuff Bracelets

Materials

Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

14 Karat Yellow Gold vintage David Yurman Ruby Cable Spira Cuff Bracelet
By David Yurman
Located in Troy, MI
Timeless David Yurman design cable spira cuff bracelet with double square cut ruby stations. This
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cuff Bracelets

Materials

Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

18K Yellow Gold David Yurman Spira Cable Bracelet & Sapphire, 8.5g
By David Yurman
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
18K Yellow Gold David Yurman Spira Cable Bracelet & Sapphire ,8.5g Ladies 18k yellow gold David
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Cuff Bracelets

Materials

Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

18K Yellow Gold David Yurman Hoop Earrings Cable Spira, 6.8g
By David Yurman
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
18K Yellow Gold David Yurman Hoop Earrings Cable Spira, 6.8g David Yurman 18k yellow gold spira
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Hoop Earrings

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

David Yurman Cable Spira Bracelet 18K Yellow Gold with Diamonds 3mm
By David Yurman
Located in New York, NY
: 3.00 mm Designer: David Yurman Model: Cable Spira Bracelet 18K Yellow Gold with Diamonds 3mm Exterior
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bracelets

Materials

Yellow Gold

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David Yurman for sale on 1stDibs

Perhaps the ultimate artistic couple, sculptor David Yurman (b. 1942) and his wife, painter Sybil Kleinrock (b. 1942), couldn’t have imagined they’d build an internationally renowned fine jewelry empire when they met in 1969 at a sculpture studio in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

Eleven years later, in 1980, the duo established the David Yurman brand and it boomed almost instantly, a by-product of the pair’s love for and commitment to making art. (They’ve been known to call their business as well as their relationship “one big art project.”) In fact, Yurman’s most recognizable piece, the Cable bracelet, was inspired by his background in metalworking and direct welding, skills he learned when he was just a teenager. It is a marvelously modern accessory rooted in everything from jewelry motifs of ancient Syria to the natural formations of tree branches that would yield the Cable ring, earrings and other items.

When Long Island, New York–born Yurman was in high school, he spent a summer visiting his sister in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he met Cuban sculptor Ernesto González, who taught him how to heat and fuse metals. After that fateful summer, Yurman experimented feverishly with bronze sculpture and, eventually, minimalist jewelry design.

Yurman studied briefly at New York University, opting to drop out after a year to hitchhike across the United States, ending up in an artist colony on California’s Big Sur coastline. The bustling artists’ scene in New York during the 1960s eventually drew him back to the East Coast. There, he trained under Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, and, by 1969, he was a foreman in sculptor Hans Van de Bovenkamp’s Greenwich Village studio. It was in the studio that he met Kleinrock.

Kleinrock and Yurman began a romantic relationship, and he designed her a sculptural welded bronze necklace to wear to an art gallery opening. The gallery owner was so enchanted by the design — Yurman called it the Dante — that she wanted to buy it on the spot. Yurman refused because he considered the gift too personal, but his partner left it with the dealer. Within hours, four necklaces were sold and a brand was born.

A year after the two married in 1979 — the ceremony included simple gold rings Yurman had soldered from gold in his workshop — they officially launched David Yurman. Three years later, one of his most popular designs, the Cable bracelet, hit the market.

Today, David Yurman engagement rings, bracelets, rings, necklaces and earrings are widely treasured, distinctive works of American jewelry design.

Finding the Right bracelets for You

Today, antique and vintage bracelets are versatile and universally loved accessories that can add polish and pizzazz to any ensemble.

Bracelets were among the jewels discovered to have been buried with Pharaoh Tutankhamun when his tomb was unearthed in 1922, and wrist and arm bracelets were allegedly worn by Queen Puabi in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia. But preceding the adornments of Ancient Egypt and elsewhere, the people of prehistoric times likely wore the decorative accessory, fashioning it from shells and fish bones. When the Bronze Age allowed for more durable materials and semiprecious stones to be incorporated into jewelry, bracelets became a treasured symbol of wealth.

In the thousands of years following the debut of the world’s first bracelets, the artistry behind this common accessory has only broadened, with designers at popular jewelry houses growing more venturesome over time. David Webb looked to nature for his Animal Kingdom bracelets, and for her best-selling bracelets and more at Tiffany & Co., Elsa Peretti would frequently do the same. From bangles to tennis bracelets, the modern age offers plenty of options.

Internationally acclaimed bracelet designs have on occasion become powerful symbols of status, style and, in the case of Cartier's iconic design, love. The Cartier Love bracelet can be found on the wish list of most jewelry lovers and on the wrist of some of the world’s biggest stars. Its arrangement of mock screwheads and distinctive functionality — it was initially locked and unlocked with an accompanying vermeil screwdriver — is an enduring expression of loyalty, unity and romance. (Do you know how to spot a fake Cartier Love bracelet?)

While the Love bracelet has played a role in the skyrocketing popularity of cuff-style bracelets, they are far from the only glamorous option for collectors. Make a statement with an Art Deco design, a style that sees all kinds of iterations fitted with studded cuffs, one-of-a-kind shapes and dazzling insets. A chunky vintage gold bracelet in the Retro style will prove eye-catching and elevate any outfit.

One of the best things about bracelets, however, is that you never have to choose just one. Style icon Jacqueline Kennedy stacked her Croisillon bracelets — designed by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. — with such frequency that the ornate bangles were eventually dubbed “Jackie bracelets” by reporters. Contemporary silver pieces can easily complement each other, rendering a layering of luxury almost a necessity.

Find a diverse collection of bracelets that you can sort by style, stone cut and more on 1stDibs.