Black is black, platinum is the new gold and vintage is the new fashion in jewelry.
It now seems the best time to invest in vintage jewelry and estate pieces as they are ravaging the fashion world. Modern designers are making vintage pieces. Nowadays estate jewelry is highly appreciated, since fashion has loosened its boundaries and has accepted lots of influences.
A thing you should know about vintage jewelry is that also to that there are types, influences and periods to which vintage jewelry corresponds. More precisely:
- Georgian jewelry (1714-1837)
- Early Victorian, romantic jewelry (1837-1850)
- Mid-Victorian, grand jewelry (1860-1880)
- Late Victorian, aesthetic jewelry (1885-1900)
- Arts and crafts jewelry (1894-1923)
- Art Nouveau jewelry (1895-1915)
- Edwardian jewelry (1901-1910)
- Art Deco jewelry (1920-1935)
- Retro jewelry (1940s)
Source: Wikipedia.
Tags: art deco, art nouveau, arts and crafts, edwardian, estate jewelry, georgian, jewelry history, jewelry trends, victorian, vintage jewelry
June 25th, 2009 at 10:46 am
lovely collection showing the progression of styles. thank you
June 28th, 2010 at 4:50 am
I loved how you showed the progression of styles as well – very nice! I am a fan of retro myself and is what I try to find in my travels, especially broken pieces, and give them a new and trendy light! I have free samples if anyone is interested!
Thank you for this article!