Modern Choker Necklaces
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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1990s French Modern Choker Necklaces
Mixed Metal
1980s French Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Unknown Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s American Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Aquamarine, Pink Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Choker Necklaces
Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Modern Choker Necklaces
Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Choker Necklaces
Coral, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Choker Necklaces
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Italian Modern Choker Necklaces
Late 20th Century Modern Choker Necklaces
Freshwater Pearl, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Choker Necklaces
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s American Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s German Modern Choker Necklaces
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Citrine, Brass, Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Cultured Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Choker Necklaces
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14...
1980s American Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Mixed Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Crystal, Pearl, Gold Plate
1980s American Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s French Modern Choker Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Egyptian Modern Choker Necklaces
24k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
1990s Italian Modern Choker Necklaces
Peridot, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century French Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Choker Necklaces
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Choker Necklaces
Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Choker Necklaces
Onyx, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
1990s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Brass
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Choker Necklaces
Chrysophrase, Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Labradorite, Pearl, Gold Plate