Modern Fashion 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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2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Opal, Black Opal, Gold, 14k Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern Fashion Rings
Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Fashion Rings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Emerald, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
20th Century American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fashion Rings
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Modern Fashion Rings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Fashion Rings
Emerald
2010s Australian Modern Fashion Rings
Turquoise, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold, Platinum, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Gold
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
2010s French Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Quartz, 24k Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Fashion Rings
Tanzanite, Opal, Diamond, Silver, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s Vintage Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s French Vintage Modern Fashion Rings
18k Gold
20th Century French Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Blue Topaz, Topaz, Multi-gemstone, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 1...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fashion Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, White Go...
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Fashion Rings
Ruby, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Opal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s French Modern Fashion Rings
Sterling Silver
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Fashion Rings
18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
White Diamond, Diamond, Aquamarine, White Gold, 14k Gold
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Fashion Rings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Aquamarine, Citrine, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Fashion Rings
South Sea Pearl, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Fashion Rings
Rock Crystal, Pearl, Diamond, Crystal, Enamel, Platinum, White Gold, 18k...
2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fashion Rings
Rose Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Fashion Rings
Alexandrite, White Diamond, Cat’s Eye, Platinum
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold
1970s Dutch Vintage Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1970s Dutch Vintage Modern Fashion Rings
Moonstone, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
2010s Dutch Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 14k Gold
20th Century American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Fashion Rings
Ruby, 14k Gold