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In the middle of the 1920s, the Art Nouveau style gave way to Art Deco, which was very popular throughout the 1930's. Similar to Art Nouveau, Art Deco had a strong design roots in France, and the name is thought to have originated from L’Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderne in Paris. France in 1925. Though the phrase was not generally ascribed to the style until 1968, when an English art historian named Bevis Hillier wrote his definitive "Art Deco of the 1920s and 1930s." Art Deco style vintage jewellery -, L to R: Vintage carnelian and silver ring, amethyst drop necklace, and sterling silver fan detail necklace Antique Art Deco Jewellery defined by Symmetrical and Gemometric Forms
Unlike Art Nouveau jewellery, which focused on organic and flowing forms, Art Deco jewellery is generally marked by its symmetry and geometry. In this respect, Art Deco has more similarities with the highly stylized designs of the Arts and Crafts Movement than Art Nouveau. In addition, the Art Deco style is a product of the machine age. Art Deco designs often conform to grids, while other examples of the style appear to be in motion, as if their design lines had been pulled along by the mechanical acceleration of the object itself. Top Jewellery Designers Cartier and Van Cleef and Arpels, produced beautiful Art Deco Bracelets, Brooches, Earrings and Necklaces
Two of the most famous and respected jewellery designers of the era who produced beautiful art deco style necklaces, bracelets, earrings and brooches were Cartier and Van Cleef and Arpels. Their diamond -studded bracelets, ruby dashed brooches and sapphire earrings expressed the opulent free-spending abandon of the 1920's, Black onyx and red coral were also popular materials, used for their graphic properties if not their true intrinsic value.
Art Deco jewellery did however reference more than geometry and machines. Many jewellery pieces were influenced by trends in the fine art world, particularly Futurism and Cubism. In a later book called “Style of the Century,” Hillier notes the Art Deco style as “tamed Cubism.” During the 1930's , various artists contributed to the so-called "pseudo-barbaric" version of Art Deco, among them Jean Dubuffet, Braque and Pablo Picasso. Gold Art Deco Jewellery with Precious Stones and Metal
Sometimes Egytptian Revival designs are also sometimes lumped into the style of Art Deco, due to their repeated and radiating patterns in coloured enamels as well as precious stones and metals. And Art Deco jewellery was made in gold, perhaps nowhere better than in Germany, where goldsmiths such as Theodor Wende and Emil Lettre made pendants necklaces and brooches, and other forms in graphic, geometric designs, sometimes incorporating pearls and emeralds into their work.
