Hello fellow jewelry lovers,
What jewelery piece or pieces are most often associated with the 1920's?
Costume jewelry became popular in the early 1920's. Platinum was the new luxury metal. It was used with stones like coral, jade, aquamarine, citrin, onyx and opal.
Trend-setting designers included Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli.
The Art Deco movement was a popular design style of the 1920's that often used bold colors and geometric shapes (circles, arcs, squares, rectangles and triangles etc.) to convey the "modern" look. During this era there were also many designers who took their inspiration from nature. Egyptian motifs were also "in." Bakelite (phenolic resin) which had been around since the early 1900's was also popular due to new processes that were developed which increased the number of colors it could be produced in. Does anyone here have any jewelry from this era that they would be willing to share?
During this time there was an art to wearing jewelry as decoration especially in the upper classes. The fashion in jewelry was often set by the well-to-do who were observed and reported by others and then copied.
Pictures or links could make this thread really interesting, so please post away!
Let's have fun and learn something about a different era
What jewelery piece or pieces are most often associated with the 1920's?
Costume jewelry became popular in the early 1920's. Platinum was the new luxury metal. It was used with stones like coral, jade, aquamarine, citrin, onyx and opal.
Trend-setting designers included Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli.
The Art Deco movement was a popular design style of the 1920's that often used bold colors and geometric shapes (circles, arcs, squares, rectangles and triangles etc.) to convey the "modern" look. During this era there were also many designers who took their inspiration from nature. Egyptian motifs were also "in." Bakelite (phenolic resin) which had been around since the early 1900's was also popular due to new processes that were developed which increased the number of colors it could be produced in. Does anyone here have any jewelry from this era that they would be willing to share?
During this time there was an art to wearing jewelry as decoration especially in the upper classes. The fashion in jewelry was often set by the well-to-do who were observed and reported by others and then copied.
Pictures or links could make this thread really interesting, so please post away!
Let's have fun and learn something about a different era
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