Modern Multi-Strand 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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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Jade, 9k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Turquoise, Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Lapis Lazuli, Cultured Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Israeli Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s American Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
1950s Unknown Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Coral, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Mixed Metal
Early 2000s Israeli Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Coral, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
2010s American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Pearl, South Sea Pearl, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century French Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Pearl, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Freshwater Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Crystal, Gold Plate
1990s American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Pearl
2010s Unknown Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Aquamarine, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Coral, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Rose Gold, Palladium
Mid-20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Onyx, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1990s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
2010s American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Mid-20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Jade, Pearl, 18k Gold
1960s Unknown Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Pearl, Jade, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s German Vintage Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Freshwater Pearl
20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Carnelian, Turquoise, Gold Plate
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold