Mauboussin Diamond Earrings
Late 20th Century French Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century French More Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Gold
Vintage 1970s French Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
1990s French Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold
20th Century Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 2000s French Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s French Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s French Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s French Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Iolite, 18k Gold
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Iolite, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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
Vintage 1920s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Link Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Cuff Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire
Vintage 1980s French Tennis Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Link Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s French More Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century French Pendant Necklaces
Aquamarine, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Link Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold
Vintage 1970s French Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Modernist Hoop Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century French Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Onyx, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century European Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Early 2000s French Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s French Stud Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Stud Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Chandelier Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Yellow Gold
20th Century Dangle Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Spinel, White Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century French More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s French Retro Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s French Retro Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 10k Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century French More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
1990s Italian Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 2000s French Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1940s French Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, Platinum
Mid-20th Century American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
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During the roaring ’20s, Paris saw a confluence of wealthy and creative people flock to the city from all over the world, like artists, writers, princes and singers. Designer Georges Mauboussin understood the vibrant and cosmopolitan spirit of the time, and at the jewelry house he would propel to fame, Mauboussin, he became an iconic creator of Art Deco jewelry, using jade, lapis lazuli, pearls and other precious materials imported from around the globe.
The Mauboussin brand owes its success to expertise with precious metals and gems and its illustrious clientele. The fine jewelry house, originally founded in Paris in 1827 as the Maison Noury, is known for being highly experimental with mountings for diamonds, finding inspiration in fields like aeronautics (Georges’s son Pierre Mauboussin got into the airplane engineering business in the late 1920s) and filing patents for many of its inventions.
This modern sensibility drew royal clients from the Middle East and Egypt (Queen Nazli owned several dazzling pieces), as well as Hollywood stars like Marlene Dietrich and Charlie Chaplin. However, its most significant royal relationship was with the stylish maharaja of Indore, Yashwant Rao Holkar II, who designated Mauboussin as his official purveyor in 1933. One of the maison’s legendary pieces for the maharaja is a necklace that uses two of the world’s most beautiful diamonds, the Indore Pears, part of the maharaja’s collection.
In its long history, Mauboussin has found creative and beautiful ways to incorporate the tastes of the time into its luxury jewelry, responding to movements like Cubism as well as crises like the Great Depression when it shifted to more affordable pieces that would be available to a larger audience. (From 1936 to 1953, Mauboussin also partnered with Trabert & Hoeffer to stay afloat following the Wall Street crash.) In the 1990s, the company expanded into perfume and watches. Galeries Lafayette acquired a majority stake in the company in 2019 with the jeweler continuing to showcase a dedication to its French heritage with an international approach to design.
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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.