Modern Emerald Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Topaz, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Stud Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Emerald, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
2010s Russian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Russian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
2010s Turkish Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Emerald, Diamond, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Beryl, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Emerald, 18k Gold, 22k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Beryl, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold...
2010s Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Emerald
2010s Thai Modern Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Emerald
2010s Thai Modern Dangle Earrings
Emerald, Topaz
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald
2010s Turkish Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
2010s British Modern Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald
2010s Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Drop Earrings
Emerald, Pearl, Vermeil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dangle Earrings
Beryl, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yello...
2010s American Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Hoop Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Beryl, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Drop Earrings
Emerald, Malachite, Titanium
Vintage 1970s European Modern Clip-on Earrings
Emerald
Vintage 1960s Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold, Platinum
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Agate, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, 14k Gold, Silver
Vintage 1960s Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Stud Earrings
Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Beryl, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold...
2010s English Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White 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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