Malawi Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Art Deco Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Art Deco Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
21st Century and Contemporary Malian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
2010s Italian Modern Stud Earrings
Garnet, Morganite, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Garnet, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Pendant Necklaces
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Garnet, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Rhodolite, Garnet, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern More Jewelry
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern More Jewelry
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet, Rhodolite
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Rhodolite, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Garnet, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Garnet, Turquoise, Rhodolite, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
21st Century and Contemporary Malawian Modern Loose Gemstones
Garnet
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A Close Look at Modern Jewelry
Rooted in centuries of history of adornment dating back to the ancient world, modern jewelry reimagines traditional techniques, forms and materials for expressive new pieces. As opposed to contemporary jewelry, which responds to the moment in which it was created, modern jewelry often describes designs from the 20th to 21st centuries that reflect movements and trends in visual culture.
Modern jewelry emerged from the 19th-century shift away from jewelry indicating rank or social status. The Industrial Revolution allowed machine-made jewelry using electric gold plating, metal alloys and imitation stones, making beautiful jewelry widely accessible. Although mass production deemphasized the materials of the jewelry, the vision of the designer remained important, something that would be furthered in the 1960s with what’s known as the “critique of preciousness.”
A design fair called the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” brought global attention to the Art Deco style in 1925 and gathered a mix of jewelry artists alongside master jewelers like Van Cleef & Arpels, Mauboussin and Boucheron. Art Deco designs from Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels unconventionally mixed gemstones like placing rock crystals next to diamonds while borrowing motifs from eclectic sources including Asian lacquer and Persian carpets. Among Cartier’s foremost design preoccupations at the time were high-contrast color combinations and crisp, geometric forms and patterns. In the early 20th century, modernist jewelers like Margaret De Patta and artists such as Alexander Calder — who is better known for his kinetic sculptures than his provocative jewelry — explored sculptural metalwork in which geometric shapes and lines were preferred over elaborate ornamentation.
Many of the innovations in modern jewelry were propelled by women designers such as Wendy Ramshaw, who used paper to craft her accessories in the 1960s. During the 1970s, Elsa Peretti created day-to-night pieces for Tiffany & Co. while designers like Lea Stein experimented with layering plastic, a material that had been employed in jewelry since the mid-19th century and had expanded into Bakelite, acrylics and other unique materials.
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The Legacy of Garnet in Jewelry Design
Vintage and antique garnet jewelry has been around for a long time.
Garnets have been used for adornment going all the way back to the Bronze Age. While we will never know if garnets can be used to prevent plagues or heal warriors, as has been suggested, we do know that both the Egyptians and the Romans felt that it was a worthy stone to set in gold for their nobility. In more “recent” times, garnets were ubiquitous in Victorian jewelry. The “G” in REGARD rings, the equivalent of the modern-day engagement ring, implied garnet.
Garnets were also highly valued in the region of Bohemia. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has in its collection an antique hairpin with Bohemian pyrope garnets from the Czech Republic. Bohemian pyrope got its name from Bohuslav Balbín, sometimes referred to as the “Czech Pliny,” in 1679. Abundant in the region, it was used often in jewelry during this time. In fact, it became so popular that in 1762, Empress Marie Terezie forbade its export. Stonecutting workshops opened in several regions across Bohemia, and pyrope became the country’s mineralogical symbol. While there was never a decline in its popularity, it was only in the mid-20th century that garnets enjoyed a revival.
Garnets can come in many shapes and sizes — one of the largest ever discovered is a 68.82-carat Tsavorite garnet. This stone is also in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, Brazil’s mines are rich in garnets, including spessartine, which can also be found in the Myanmar area, recognized for a specific shade of reddish-orange. While red garnets are the most popular, garnets actually come in a medley of colors.
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