
Art Deco jewelers captured the energy and excitement of the Jazz Age in their artistic, and often revolutionary, creations. After World War I, the social and political freedoms gained by women helped inspire a total transformation of jewelry and clothing styles, replacing pre-war delicacy and restraint with bold statements of glamour and strong design. In the hands of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Mauboussin, among others, jewels became artfully stylized, geometric, and even streamlined, thanks to a new generation of visionary designers. Gems in primary colors, sometimes custom-cut to fit graphic designs, were set in highly-engineered platinum mounts that were paved with sparkling diamonds and accented by enamel. Newly long and glamorous earrings enhanced cropped hair with movement and color, while beautifully bare arms provided the perfect stage for stacks of diamond and gem-set strap bracelets, and multiple, massive rings sparkled on previously unloved fingers. Meanwhile, in a parallel movement, a pioneering generation of jewelry artists from the Fouquet, Sandoz, and Templier families translated the lessons of Cubism into the pure lines and complex surfaces of their minimalist compositions.
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Jean Després and Étienne Cournault French Modernist "Bijoux-Glace" Ring
$65,000| /Composed of silver, lacquer and reverse painted and engraved crystal, this exceptional ring was a collaboration of two French modernist artists, D...
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Carved Ruby, Sapphire and Diamond Tutti Frutti Strap Bracelet
$85,000| /Created in the 1920s, this Art Deco “tutti frutti” strap bracelet is composed of sapphires, rubies, diamonds, and platinum. It is designed as a hig...
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Van Cleef & Arpels Paris No-Heat Burmese Sapphire Ring
$175,000| /Created in the late 1930s by Van Cleef & Arpels Paris, this Burmese sapphire and diamond ring is mounted in platinum. The ring centers three ve...
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Mauboussin Paris Carved Rock Crystal, Jadeite and Emerald Brooch
$150,000| /This important late Art Deco platinum and diamond brooch featuring carved rock crystal, jadeite and emeralds was created by Mauboussin Paris in the...
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Okrant et Davidonniez Diamond Wide Strap Bracelet
$250,000| /Created by Okrant et Davidonniez, Paris, this broad and beautifully-articulated Art Deco wide strap platinum bracelet, with its stylized motifs, is...
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Carved Emerald and Diamond Ring
$26,500| /This colorful Art Deco platinum ring, dating from the 1920s, is set with a floral-carved emerald cabochon weighing over eight carats, framed by spa...
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Carved Emerald Bead and Diamond Collar Necklace
$75,000| /Dating from the 1930s, this Art Deco platinum necklace, composed of nineteen carats of carved emeralds and over eleven carats of diamonds, is an ar...
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Colombian Emerald and Diamond Ring
$57,500| /This elegant Art Deco ring is centered with three-carat, classic emerald-cut Colombian emerald, set against colorless diamonds and platinum. The hi...
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Diamond Flower Earrings
$52,500| /These curvaceous French Late Art Deco platinum flower earrings, with over fourteen carats of diamonds, possess all the glamour of Hollywood's golde...
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Diamond and Onyx Bow Brooch
$7,500| /Created in the 1920s, this chic Art Deco platinum bow brooch is set with diamonds and onyx. Modeled as an elongated ribbon tied into a bow, the bro...
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Diamond and Onyx Poppy Pendant Brooch
$37,500| /This late Edwardian platinum poppy pendant brooch, dating from the 1910s-1920s, is set with approximately six-and-a-half carats of diamonds and ony...
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Diamond and Enamel “Jabot” Brooch
$27,500| /This Art Deco brooch is an exquisite example of the “jabot” or “cliquet” pin, a creative innovation of the 1920s popularized by those with ties to ...
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Diamond and Sapphire Plaque Ring
$32,500| /This Art Deco platinum plaque ring, dating from the 1920s, is set bezel-set with a nearly one-carat, oval-cut diamond, old European-cut diamonds, a...
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Tiffany & Co. Sapphire and Platinum Dress Set
$11,000| /This quintessential dress set by Tiffany & Co. purely expresses clean, sleek Art Deco aesthetics. Striking blue sapphires, beautifully matched,...
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Ceylon No-Heat Sapphire and Diamond Ring
$105,000| /This substantial cabochon blue sapphire and diamond ring is a beautiful example of Art Deco opulence. Elegantly proportioned and reminiscent of arc...
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Diamond and Pearl Lavalier Necklace
$65,000| /This glorious Art Deco double pendant necklace, with its asymmetrical natural pearl accents, harks back to the Ancien Régime style of “the negligée...
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Baroque Freshwater Pearl and Diamond Flexible Ring
$17,500| /Set in platinum, this Art Deco ring is composed of diamonds and a domed, off-round Baroque natural freshwater pearl, with an articulated diamond an...
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Convertible Diamond Collar Necklace
$95,000| /A masterful achievement in jewelry design, this multi-use diamond platinum collar necklace from the early 20th century easily converts between two ...
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Van Cleef & Arpels Diamond and Platinum Cuff Links
$11,500| /Created by Van Cleef & Arpels Paris, these Art Deco platinum and diamond cuff links date from the 1930s. Each square, arched double link is bez...
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Cartier Aquamarine and Diamond Brooch
$98,500| /This rare Cartier Paris aquamarine brooch with its bold diamond chevron patterning dates from the 1930s, when designers created a dynamic series of...
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Sapphire and Diamond Twin Stone Ring
$6,500| /Dating from the late Art Deco period, this platinum ring is set with sapphires and diamonds. Designed as two fused bands of mirrored, asymmetrical ...
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E. M. Gattle & Co. Diamond Brooch
$19,500| /Composed of over five carats of diamonds set in platinum, this Art Deco brooch by E.M. Gattle & Co. depicts a flowering plant within an archite...
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Mauboussin Turquoise, Chalcedony and Diamond Necklace
$275,000| /This impactful Art Deco collar necklace from 1929 is an early Art Moderne jewel by Mauboussin, a French maison daringly led by Georges and his engi...
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Sapphire and Diamond Link Bracelet
$45,000| /This link bracelet from the 1930s has been re-imagined as a bold anchor chain of diamonds and calibré-cut sapphires, the mount so delicately milleg...
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Gérard Sandoz "Coquille d’Œuf" Eggshell Lacquer Cuff Links
$15,000| /These Art Deco double cuff links in silver, lacquer, and "coquille d’œuf" or eggshell lacquer, by Gérard Sandoz, date from the late 1920s. Each dou...
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Coral and Onyx Double-Sided Cuff Links
$7,500| /Designed in the 1920s, these high-style double-sided gold and platinum Art Deco cuff links are set with red-orange coral, black onyx, and rose-cut ...
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Red Coral and Diamond Ring
$14,500| /This red coral cabochon ring is a classic specimen of French Art Deco jewelry, set in platinum and surrounded on either side by a step of diamonds....
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Ruby and Three-Stone Diamond Shield Ring
$7,500| /This platinum three-stone diamond shield ring, dating from the Art Deco period, is enhanced by rubies and rose-cut diamonds. This classic form cent...
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Red Coral and Black Onyx Diamond Pendant Drop Earrings
$23,500| /These French pendant drop earrings of carved red coral and black onyx, interspersed geometrically amongst old European-cut diamonds, are an excepti...
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Ruby and Platinum Bar Cuff Links
$6,500| /Dating from the late Art Deco period, this pair of platinum double cuff links is highlighted by rubies. Each double link is designed as a slanted s...
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Kohn Lapis and Diamond Jardinière Brooch
$27,500| /This graphic and unusual Art Deco jardinière brooch by Kohn features a shallow lapis lazuli bowl with scrolling red and black enamel handles over-s...
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J.R. Wood & Sons Lapis Cabochon Ring
$9,500| /Made by the New York and San Francisco firm J.R. Wood & Sons, this streamlined late Art Deco ring dating from the 1930s is set with a lapis cab...
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