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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1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, White Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, White Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dangle Earrings
Beryl, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yello...
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Chrome Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Ye...
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Turquoise, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Opal, Pearl, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Peridot, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Turquoise, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Emerald, Diamond, Gold, 10k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Israeli Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Opal, Rose Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dangle Earrings
Brown Diamond, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, Morganite, Pearl, 18k Gold, Rose ...
Late 20th Century Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow...
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, White Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Dangle Earrings
Purple Sapphire, Tsavorite, Sapphire, Pearl, Brown Diamond, Black Diamon...
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Pearl, Brown Diamond, Black Diamond, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold,...
1990s Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s British Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold...
2010s Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Natural Pearl, South Sea Pearl, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Dangle Earrings
Pink Sapphire, Blue Diamond, Pink Diamond, Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Peri...
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Topaz, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Turquoise, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Pearl, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Black Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Pearl, White Gold
2010s Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Jade, Onyx, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Turquoise, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Topaz, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold
