Modern Dangle Earrings
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 Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Morganite, Pearl, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Dangle Earrings
Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pink Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Dangle Earrings
Yellow Gold, 9k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, Silver
2010s Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Citrine, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
Peridot, 14k Gold
2010s Colombian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Citrine, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Gold Plate
20th Century American Modern Dangle Earrings
Coral, Onyx, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Zambian Modern Dangle Earrings
Emerald, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Russian Modern Dangle Earrings
Topaz, 14k Gold, Gold
2010s Southeast Asian Modern Dangle Earrings
Peridot, Gold, Gold Plate, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Crystal, Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Tsavorite, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Emerald, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Austrian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Spinel, White Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire, Tanzanite, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Citrine, Yellow Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Citrine, 14k Gold
2010s Modern Dangle Earrings
Brown Diamond, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Dangle Earrings
Coral, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Dangle Earrings
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Dangle Earrings
Coral, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Rose Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Dangle Earrings
Brown Diamond, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Dangle Earrings
Black Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Dangle Earrings
Rose Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Dangle Earrings
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Blue Topaz, Garnet, Brown Diamond, Diamond, Citrine, Rose Gold, 9k Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Opal, Gold, 18k Gold