Modern Three-Stone Rings

MODERN STYLE

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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Style: Modern

Angara Gia Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

Modern Three-Stone Rings

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

GIA Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in Yellow Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

GIA Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in Rose Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

GIA Certified Natural Garnet Ring in Platinum with Half Moon Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural 3-Stone Oval Rose Quartz Reverse Ring in Platinum

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in Yellow Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

GIA Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

2010s American Modern Three-Stone Rings

2.05tcw 14K Men's Emerald & Diamond Three Stone Solitaire Gold Ring

2010s Unknown Modern Three-Stone Rings

Three-Stone Oval Burma Ruby Diamond Ring 1.36 Carat 18 Karat White Gold

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

GIA Certified Natural Tanzanite & Diamond Ring in White Gold

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Three Stone Oval Rose Quartz Ring in Rose Gold

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Three Stone Oval Rose Quartz Ring in White Gold

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Sky Blue Topaz Classic Three Stone Rose Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Flanked by Sparkling Trillion Diamonds Is a GIA Certified Cushion Tanzanite Held

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara GIA Certified Natural 3-Stone Blue Sapphire & Diamond Ring in Platinum

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Blue Sapphire Ring in Platinum with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Classic Ruby and Diamond Ring in Rose Gold

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA Classic GIA Certified Tanzanite Three Stone White Gold Ring with Diamond

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Garnet Three Stone Yellow Gold Ring Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Tanzanite Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Sapphire & Diamond Three Stone Rose Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Sapphire & Diamond Three Stone White Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Sapphire & Diamond Three Stone Yellow Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural 3-Stone Blue Sapphire Rose Gold Ring with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

GIA Certified Natural Tanzanite Halo Split Shank Ring in White Gold

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara GIA Certified Natural Classic Ruby and Diamond Ring in Platinum

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA Classic GIA Certified Tanzanite Three Stone Yellow Gold Ring with Diamond

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA Classic GIA Certified Tanzanite Three Stone Rose Gold Ring with Diamond

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Garnet Three Stone Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara GIA Certified Natural Garnet Three Stone Ring in Rose Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara GIA Certified Natural Garnet Three Stone Ring in White Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Tanzanite Ring in Yellow Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Tanzanite Ring in Yellow Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

ANGARA GIA Certified Natural Tanzanite Ring in Rose Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Natural Tanzanite Ring in Rose Gold with Diamonds

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Sky Blue Topaz Classic Three Stone Rose Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Sky Blue Topaz Classic Three Stone Yellow Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings

Angara Gia Certified Sky Blue Topaz Classic Three Stone Yellow Gold Ring

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings