David Yurman Jewellery
Perhaps the ultimate artistic couple, sculptor David Yurman (b. 1942) and his wife, painter Sybil Kleinrock (b. 1942), couldn’t have imagined they’d build an internationally renowned fine jewellery empire when they met in 1969 at a sculpture studio in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
Eleven years later, in 1980, the duo established the David Yurman brand and it boomed almost instantly, a by-product of the pair’s love for and commitment to making art. (They’ve been known to call their business as well as their relationship “one big art project.”) In fact, Yurman’s most recognisable piece, the Cable bracelet, was inspired by his background in metalworking and direct welding, skills he learnt when he was just a teenager. It is a marvellously modern accessory rooted in everything from jewellery motifs of ancient Syria to the natural formations of tree branches that would yield the Cable ring, earrings and other items.
When Long Island, New York–born Yurman was in high school, he spent a summer visiting his sister in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he met Cuban sculptor Ernesto González, who taught him how to heat and fuse metals. After that fateful summer, Yurman experimented feverishly with bronze sculpture and, eventually, minimalist jewellery design.
Yurman studied briefly at New York University, opting to drop out after a year to hitchhike across the United States, ending up in an artist colony on California’s Big Sur coastline. The bustling artists’ scene in New York during the 1960s eventually drew him back to the East Coast. There, he trained under Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, and, by 1969, he was a foreman in sculptor Hans Van de Bovenkamp’s Greenwich Village studio. It was in the studio that he met Kleinrock.
Kleinrock and Yurman began a romantic relationship, and he designed her a sculptural welded bronze necklace to wear to an art gallery opening. The gallery owner was so enchanted by the design — Yurman called it the Dante — that she wanted to buy it on the spot. Yurman refused because he considered the gift too personal, but his partner left it with the dealer. Within hours, four necklaces were sold and a brand was born.
A year after the two married in 1979 — the ceremony included simple gold rings Yurman had soldered from gold in his workshop — they officially launched David Yurman. Three years later, one of his most popular designs, the Cable bracelet, hit the market.
Today, David Yurman engagement rings, bracelets, rings, necklaces and earrings are widely treasured, distinctive works of American jewellery design.
21st Century and Contemporary Modern David Yurman Jewellery
Yellow Gold
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Sterling Silver
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Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Sterling Silver, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Diamond, Garnet, Sterling Silver
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Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Sterling Silver
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Silver
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Titanium
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Diamond, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Citrine, Sterling Silver
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Onyx, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Quartz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Sterling Silver
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Quartz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Silver
1990s American David Yurman Jewellery
Silver
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Quartz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Silver
1990s American David Yurman Jewellery
Silver
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Amethyst, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Sterling Silver
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Silver
1990s American David Yurman Jewellery
Silver
1990s American David Yurman Jewellery
14k Gold, Silver
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Pearl, Sterling Silver
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Onyx, Sterling Silver, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Yellow Gold
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Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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21st Century and Contemporary David Yurman Jewellery
Sterling Silver
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Silver
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Turquoise, Silver
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Amethyst, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Quartz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Diamond, Sterling Silver
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18k Gold
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Multi-gemstone, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Topaz, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Silver
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18k Gold
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Emerald, Garnet, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Diamond, Onyx, Sterling Silver
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Stainless Steel
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Diamond, Quartz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Topaz, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
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Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s David Yurman Jewellery
Diamond, Sterling Silver
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Sterling Silver, 18k Gold