Modern Link Bracelets
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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2010s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
Brown Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1940s American Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Link Bracelets
18k Gold
20th Century American Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s British Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Link Bracelets
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Modern Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s French Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Gilt Metal
1990s British Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
1990s American Modern Link Bracelets
Onyx, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
Amethyst, Citrine, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Turkish Modern Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Gold Plate
Early 2000s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Iolite, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Diamond, Sterling Silver
20th Century American Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
2010s Modern Link Bracelets
Garnet, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
18k Gold, Vermeil
2010s Indian Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 2000s British Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Modern Link Bracelets
Jade, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Link Bracelets
18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Gold
1960s Unknown Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Chalcedony, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Modern Link Bracelets
Tanzanite, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Turquoise, Diamond, Enamel, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
1950s Mexican Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
1990s German Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Platinum
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Link Bracelets
Crystal, Diamond, Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Sterling Silver
2010s Modern Link Bracelets
18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
20th Century Danish Modern Link Bracelets
2010s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Link Bracelets
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Link Bracelets
Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Link Bracelets
Ruby, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Italian Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Rose Gold