Modern Chandelier Earrings
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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20th Century American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose ...
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Amethyst, Emerald, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Moonstone, Rainbow Moonstone, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Pearl, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Moonstone, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Amethyst, Topaz, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Rubelite, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Freshwater Pearl, Topaz, Sterling Silver
2010s American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
1990s American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1920s Vintage Modern Chandelier Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
20th Century Unknown Modern Chandelier Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Amethyst, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Italian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Quartz, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yello...
2010s Turkish Modern Chandelier Earrings
Emerald, Silver, Gold Plate
20th Century British Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 15k Gold, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Chandelier Earrings
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Moonstone, Rainbow Moonstone, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Morganite, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Tourmaline, Paraiba, 18k Gold
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Chandelier Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold