Large Art Deco Drop Earrings
Early 20th Century Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1950s British Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
2010s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
2010s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Enamel
1990s Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s American Drop Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Drop Earrings
Rock Crystal, Vermeil, Silver
Vintage 1910s Spanish Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Gold, 14k Gold, 24k Gold, Gold-filled, Gold Plate, Base Metal, Brass
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Pearl, Gold Plate
2010s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
2010s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1980s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, Enamel
2010s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1940s Portuguese Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
2010s Indian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s Italian Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Onyx, South Sea Pearl, Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s Unknown Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1980s German Art Deco Drop Earrings
Gold Plate
2010s American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Opal, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Drop Earrings
2010s Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s French Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Moonstone, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Peridot, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Gold Plate
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Drop Necklaces
Silver
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Vintage 1980s German Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Gold Plate, Enamel
2010s British Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Natural Pearl, Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s Unknown Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 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.