Modern Clamper Bracelets
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 Dutch Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
2010s Dutch Modern Clamper Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
2010s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
1950s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
2010s Dutch Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Sterling Silver
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1970s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Enamel
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1980s French Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Citrine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Tanzanite, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1970s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Enamel, Gilt Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1990s French Modern Clamper Bracelets
Gilt Metal
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1960s French Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s French Modern Clamper Bracelets
2010s American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Gold Plate, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s French Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Gilt Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
2010s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
2010s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1970s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Spanish Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Gold
2010s American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Mixed Metal, Other
1990s American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
20th Century American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
1980s North American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
20th Century Unknown Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1980s Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Gold
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
2010s Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Crystal
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Clamper Bracelets
Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold
2010s European Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Clamper Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clamper Bracelets
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold