Midcentury Modern Gold Jewelry
Vintage 1950s Unknown Modern Modern Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modernist Modern Bracelets
Onyx, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century German Modern Modern Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Modern Bracelets
Jade, Onyx, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bracelets
Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Venezuelan Modernist Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century French Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Finnish Modernist Modern Bracelets
18k Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Modernist Modern Bracelets
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Modernist Modern Bracelets
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century British Modernist Modern Bracelets
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Retro Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Choker Necklaces
Coral, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Modern Pendant Necklaces
Coral, Diamond, Onyx, Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Brooches
Citrine, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Retro Bracelets
Pearl, Aquamarine, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century American Modernist More Rings
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Brooches
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist More Necklaces
14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Signet Rings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Modernist Link Bracelets
Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Pendant Necklaces
Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Solitaire Rings
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Dome Rings
Lapis Lazuli, Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s American Modernist Cufflinks
Jade, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Cocktail Rings
Cultured Pearl, Pearl, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Cufflinks
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s British Modernist Brooches
18k Gold
Vintage 1960s French Modern Brooches
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modern Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Diamond, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Link Bracelets
Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Modernist Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Modernist Cufflinks
Coral, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Drop Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Pendant Necklaces
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modernist Cufflinks
Amethyst, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Jade, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Pendant Necklaces
Aquamarine, Ruby, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modernist Brooches
14k Gold
20th Century Modern Cufflinks
Diamond, 14k Gold
Vintage 1970s British Modern Cufflinks
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Pendant Necklaces
Zircon, Gold, Rose Gold, 10k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Coral, Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modernist Wrist Watches
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
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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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