Art Deco Earrings
The interwar years spanned by the Art Deco period produced highly collectible artifacts that retain and grow in their value with each passing moment. Jewellery, more specifically earrings, ear clips and ear pendants of this time period, is no different.
The jewellery houses of the 1920s embraced the Art Deco style more so than almost any other artistic medium of the period. Pure geometric shapes produced as a reaction to the fluid nature of the Art Nouveau period were the standard. Women, wearing their hair shorter than in previous times, preferred long, heavily articulated ear pendants. Due to the influence of René Lalique, they came to appreciate exquisitely wrought settings featuring colourful, inexpensive materials such as glass, coral, enamel, horn and ivory as opposed to diamonds and gold.
 Vintage art deco retro beaded cutout key earrings £1.99 |
 VINTAGE SCREW BACK AUSTRIAN CRYSTAL EARRINGS ART DECO STYLE £3.99 |
 Art Deco sterling silver marcasite leaf earrings £30.64 |
Precious stones, however, were utilised in many earring designs. When these stones were used, they featured the baguette cut, which complemented their highly geometrical, platinum settings. Other materials such as glass, onyx, enamel, amber resins and Bakelite were also used for creating earrings that were amazingly beautiful, but relatively economical. The entire reason for this was to create the look of wealth, yet adapt it to the requirements of fashion and affordability.
For the most part, earrings were made by the larger jewellery firms such as Boucheron, Cartier, Chaumet, Fouquet, Mauboussin, Melleria and Vever. There were exceptions to this in that individual artists such as Paul Brandt and Jean Dunand also contributed highly crafted, beautiful pieces.
Most of the earrings made during this time will bear discreet markings that show which jewellery firm or individual created them. Because of this, identification of these pieces of wearable art is generally a simple task. Vintage earrings in the Art Deco style are highly collectible and make attractive additions to any Art Deco collection.
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