Modern Modern 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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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Malachite, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
White Gold
2010s Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Modern Bracelets
Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Moonstone, Rainbow Moonstone, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
20th Century Modern Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Diamond, White Gold
1990s Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
18k Gold
2010s European Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Tanzanite, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Hungarian Modern Modern Bracelets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Modern Bracelets
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Modern Bracelets
18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Unknown Vintage Modern Modern Bracelets
Yellow Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
1990s American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Peridot, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Apatite, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1960s American Vintage Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s German Modern Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Black Diamond, White Gold, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Emerald, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Modern Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Modern Modern Bracelets
Black Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Morganite, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Modern Bracelets
Sterling Silver
1980s Vintage Modern Modern Bracelets
Gold, Silver
2010s Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Modern Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Modern Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold