Jewelry is art that we wear, and Art Deco Jewelry is absolutely a style which speaks volumes. You don’t have to be a master painter to create an art piece, the jewelry you wear can be the paint while your body is the canvas… show off your beauty within with beautiful jewelry of days gone by!
Art Deco Jewelry (1920s-1930′s)
The Art Deco period is perceived by many as being modern in look and style but in actual fact dates back to the days of King Tut. When in 1920, they opened his tomb and found enticing features such as stark lines, bold colors and zigzags. Since then Jewelry, as well as art and fashion has been influenced by these specific features.
Art Deco became popularized an exposition held in Paris in 1925. The geometric art forms of cubism, machine style art forms of constructivism and futurism, the intense colours from the Parisian Fauvism and the Aztec and Egyptian art were all an inspiration for this period.
Therefore, this style of jewelry is usually of clean cut, geometric shapes and well defined lines. About this time, the “flapper style” became the fashion such as the bobbed hair cuts which marked the long dangle style earrings coming back in fashion.
Other examples of jewelry of the era are convertible sauters which are long necklaces, when taken apart, convert to form bracelets, choker and pendants. Automotive themes, planes, arrows and panthers are also characteristic of the Art Deco period. Set encrusted in diamonds, onyx, rubies, sapphires or emeralds in combination was cleverly used to form the lines and shapes in geometric design in white or yellow gold. Stylish clips, jabots, straight line eternity bands, tutti-frutti, enamelled border jewelry are other examples.
Egyptian influence followed on and was evident with the use of scarab beetle carved gemstones of coral and jade, as well as the use of colored stones. Another style of the period is the softer feminine conservative look such as the flower and bouquet design jewelry.
Tiffany and Co, Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels were the jewelry houses of the time, the later two patented the invisible setting in 1933. The modern brilliant cut diamond was also introduced in this period.
It can be concluded that, art deco jewelry accessories are varied in design but perhaps the most popular is the black and white combination in geometric design as seen today. There are a whole range of Art Deco jewelry that you can find on this site.
