Art Deco Brooches
Fascination with the Jazz Age is endless, and even today jewelry designers continue to be inspired by authentic Art Deco jewelry and watches.
The Art Deco period, encompassing the 1920s and ’30s, ushered in a very distinct look in the design of jewelry. There were many influences on the jewelry of the era that actually began to take shape prior to the 1920s. In 1909, Serge Diaghilev brought the Ballet Russes to Paris, and women went wild for the company’s exotic and vibrant costumes It’s no wonder, then, that jade, lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and other bright gemstones became all the rage. There already existed a fascination with the East, particularly China and Japan, and motifs consisting of fans and masks started to show up in Art Deco jewelry.
However, the event that had the greatest influence on Deco was the excavation of the tomb of King Tut in 1922. When the world saw what was hidden in Tut’s burial chamber, it sent just about everyone into a frenzy. Pierre Cartier wrote in 1923 that “the discovery of the tomb will bring some sweeping changes in fashion jewelry.” And he couldn’t have been more right. “Egyptomania” left an indelible mark on all of the major jewelry houses, from Cartier to Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron and Georges Fouquet. (Cartier created some of the most iconic jewelry designs that defined this era.)
While a lot of Art Deco jewelry was black and white — the black coming from the use of onyx or black enamel and the white from rock crystal and diamonds — there is plenty of color in jewelry of the era. A perfect accent to diamonds in platinum settings were blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and these stones were also used in combination with each other.
Many designers employed coral, jade and lapis lazuli, too. In fact, some of the most important avant-garde jewelers of the period, like Jean Després and Jean Fouquet (son of Georges), would combine white gold with ebony and malachite for a jolt of color.
A lot of the jewelry produced during this time nodded to current fashion trends, and women often accessorized their accessories. The cloche hat was often accented with geometric diamond brooches or double-clip brooches. Backless evening dresses looked fabulous with sautoir necklaces, and long pearl necklaces that ended with tassels, popular during the Edwardian period, were favored by women everywhere, including Coco Chanel.
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Silver
1920s Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Tourmaline, Platinum
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, White Gold...
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum, White Gold, 1...
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Brooches
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 18...
2010s Hong Kong Art Deco Brooches
Pearl, Brown Diamond, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, White G...
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Opal, Platinum
Early 2000s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Natural Pearl, Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold, White G...
1950s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Sapphire, Ruby, Cultured Pearl, Pearl, Jade, Emerald, White Diamond, Dia...
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Cultured Pearl, Pearl, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Yellow Go...
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold, Whit...
2010s Italian Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Ruby, White Diamond, Diamond, Sterling Silver, Silver, Gold, Yellow Gold...
1930s Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1940s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Platinum
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Platinum
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum, White Gold
1960s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond
1960s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
1940s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Platinum
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Rock Crystal, Crystal, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel, Platinum
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Platinum
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Tourmaline, Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Natural Pearl, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Platinum
1930s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Art Deco Brooches
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold
1960s Italian Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, 18k Gold
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Black Jade, Platinum
1930s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Yellow Gold, Gold
1920s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
1920s Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s North American Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
1930s Hong Kong Vintage Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Brooches
White Diamond, Platinum
