Modern Cluster Rings
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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Early 2000s American Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Alexandrite, Diamond, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
1990s American Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Citrine, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s African Modern Cluster Rings
Blue Sapphire, Zircon, Platinum, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cluster Rings
Amethyst, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Turquoise, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s English Vintage Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Cluster Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Tourmaline, Paraiba, Platinum
20th Century Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Cluster Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s German Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Modern Cluster Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Ruby, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s Modern Cluster Rings
Garnet, Pearl, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cluster Rings
Tanzanite, Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s British Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Modern Cluster Rings
Opal, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s British Vintage Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, Platinum, Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Coral, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cluster Rings
Spinel, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
2010s Turkish Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Colombian Modern Cluster Rings
Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Tanzanite, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Pearl, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Modern Cluster Rings
Onyx, Diamond, Coral, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cluster Rings
Pink Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Turquoise, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Belgian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold
1960s English Vintage Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Turquoise, Gold
1960s American Vintage Modern Cluster Rings
Amethyst, Coral, Jade, Onyx, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Black Opal, Opal, Diamond, Platinum
2010s Turkish Modern Cluster Rings
Sapphire, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cluster Rings
Pearl, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cluster Rings
Turquoise, Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Cluster Rings
White Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold, 9k Gold
1990s American Modern Cluster Rings
Ruby, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Black Diamond, Yellow Gold, 10k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Indian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
2010s English Modern Cluster Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s British Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Oceanic Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Aquamarine, Yellow Gold, 9k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Cluster Rings
Ruby, Pearl, Garnet, Diamond, Amethyst, 14k Gold, Gold