Nina Zhou Jewelry

2 Carat Pear Shaped Diamond Earrings

Marquise Diamond Cluster Earring

Pink Sapphire And Pearl Earrings

Eye Clean Blue Sapphire

Aquamarine Heart Earrings

10 Ctw Diamond Stud Earrings

Royal Blue Sapphire 4 Carat

Blue And Yellow Statement Necklace

Nina Zhou Fantasy 4.40ctw Turquoise Heart Pendant Necklace

$1,605

L 18 in

Nina Zhou Fantasy 4.40ctw Turquoise Heart Pendant Necklace

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

of the Fantasy Collection from Nina Zhou Jewelry, this turquoise heart necklace balances everyday

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Turquoise, 14k Gold

$1,725

W 0.5 in L 1 in

Nina Zhou 7.12ctw Aquamrine Pink Sapphire Diamond Double Blossom Drop Earrings

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

your order every step of the way. About Nina Zhou Jewelry: Based in Los Angeles and proudly women

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop Earrings

Materials

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Sapphire, Diamond, Aquamarine, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold

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Nina Zhou Margeret 5.60ct Aquamarine Pink Sapphire Cocktail Ring

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

delivery, so you can follow your order every step of the way. About Nina Zhou Jewelry: Based in Los

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings

Materials

Aquamarine, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

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Nina Zhou Margeret 5.60ctw Aquamarine Pink Sapphire Cocktail Ring

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

Zhou Jewelry: Based in Los Angeles and proudly women-owned, Nina Zhou Jewelry is all about

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings

Materials

Pink Sapphire, Aquamarine, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold

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W 0.55 in L 0.6 in

Nina Zhou Aquamarine Diamond Snowflake Earrings in 14K White Gold

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

order every step of the way. About Nina Zhou Jewelry: Based in Los Angeles and proudly women-owned

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop Earrings

Materials

Aquamarine, Diamond, 14k Gold

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Kai 2.88ctw Multi Gemstone & Daimond Pearl Convertible Drop Earrings

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

These Kai Fine Jewelry 2.88ctw Multi Gemstone & Diamond Pearl Convertible Drop Earrings celebrate the beauty of versatility and color. Crafted in 14K yellow gold, they feature a vibr...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Pearl, Peridot, ...

NinaZhou 6.12ct Turquoise Diamond Double Blossom Pearl Convertible Drop Earrings

$2,025

W 0.6 in L 1.5 in

NinaZhou 6.12ct Turquoise Diamond Double Blossom Pearl Convertible Drop Earrings

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

Discover the Nina Zhou's 6.12 ctw Turquoise & Diamond Blossom and 12-13 mm Pearl Convertible Drop Earrings, crafted in 14k yellow gold. Each earring features turquoise and diamon...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, Turquoise, 14k Gold

$2,220

W 0.5 in L 1.5 in

Nina Zhou Pink Sapphire Diamond Blossom Amethyst Drop Earrings

By Nina Zhou

Located in Rowland Heights, CA

Experience the enchanting allure of Nina Zhou's Pink Sapphire Diamond Blossom Amethyst Drop Earrings, expertly crafted in radiant yellow gold. Each earring begins with a delicate blo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Diamond, Pearl, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold

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Nina Zhou Jewelry For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact piece of nina zhou jewelry you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from 18k gold and gold — can elevate any look. An item from our selection of nina zhou jewelry can be a stylish choice for most occasions, but pearl rings, from our inventory of 8, can add a particularly distinctive touch to your look, day or night. A pear cut version of this piece has appeal, but there are also oval cut and princess cut versions for sale.

How Much is a Nina Zhou Jewelry?

The price for a piece of nina zhou jewelry starts at $1,275 and tops out at $1,725 with these earrings, on average, selling for $1,625.

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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Why Gold Shines in Jewelry Craftsmanship

Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself.

Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.

Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.

For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.

Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.

In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so.

Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.

Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle.

BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.

A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in.

Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.

Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.

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The Legacy of Diamond in Jewelry Design

Antique diamond rings, diamond tiaras and dazzling vintage diamond earrings are on the wish lists of every lover of fine jewelry. And diamonds and diamond jewelry are primarily associated with storybook engagements and red-carpet grand entrances — indeed, this ultra-cherished gemstone has a dramatic history on its hands.

From “A Diamond Is Forever” to “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” pop culture has ingrained in our minds that diamonds are the most desired, the most lasting and the most valuable gemstone. But what makes the diamond so special? Each stone — whether it’s rubies, sapphires or another stone — is unique and important in its own right. April babies might claim diamonds for themselves, but just about everyone wants this kind of sparkle in their lives!

There are several factors that set diamonds apart from other stones, and these points are important to our gem education.

Diamonds are minerals. They are made up of almost entirely of carbon (carbon comprises 99.95 percent; the remainder consists of various trace elements). Diamonds are the hardest gemstones, ranking number 10 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. Even its name, diamond, is rooted in the Greek adamas, or unconquerable. The only object that can scratch a diamond is another diamond. Diamonds are formed deep within the earth at very high temperatures (1,652–2,372 degrees Fahrenheit at depths between 90 and 120 miles beneath the earth’s surface) and are carried up by volcanic activity. Diamonds are quite rare, according to the Gemological Institute of America, and only 30 percent of all the diamonds mined in the world are gem quality.

In the 1950s, the Gemological Institute of America developed the 4Cs grading system to classify diamonds: clarity, color, cut and carat weight. Not all diamonds are created equal (there are diamonds, and then there are diamonds). The value of the diamond depends on the clarity (flawless diamonds are very rare but a diamond's value decreases if there are many blemishes or inclusions), color (the less color the higher the grade), cut (how the diamond’s facets catch the light, certain cuts of diamonds show off the stone better than others) and carat weight (the bigger, the better).

When you start shopping for a diamond engagement ring, always prioritize the cut, which plays the largest role in the diamond's beauty (taking the time to clean your diamond ring at least every six months or so plays a role in maintaining said beauty). And on 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.

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