Art Deco Jewelry

Art Deco Jewelry for Women

The Art Deco period is considered to have begun about 1920 and had a major effect on the style of 1920′s jewelry, making it considerably different to pre 1920′s jewelry. Art Deco jewelry had a clean-cut and sophisticated look based on straight lines, symmetry, and geometric shapes like circles, arcs, triangles and rectangles.

The white stones on white metal look of the previous decade was still prevalent but to it was added colored stones like ruby, emerald and sapphire to add accent. New geometric cuts like the baguette were developed for gemstones to conform to the Art Deco look.

Platinum was the “in” metal of the 1920′s and colorful opaque stones like jade, coral and lapis lazuli were used in addition to precious stones to contrast with its silver look. Synthetic stones were sometimes used to make the jewelry more affordable, especially when large numbers of stones were used on an item.

Major influences on Art Deco jewelry design included Egyptian motifs (King Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922), India and the Orient, Africa, Cubism and nature. Most jewelry design incorporated circles, triangles, rectangles, arcs etc. Art Deco culture gorified speed so emblems of speed like fast animals and birds, cars, planes and arrows were featured in elegant designs.

Pearl necklaces were popular and became much more affordable due to the introduction of cultured pearls. Long strings of pearls or beads were a common accessory of the fashion conscious young women of the nineteen-twenties commonly refered to as flappers.

1920’s Platinum Jewelry

In the 1920′s Platinum was the new luxury metal for jewelry used with stones like coral, jade, aquamarine, citrin, onyx and opal as well as the more traditional gems like diamond, ruby, and emerald in rings, bracelets, pendants, earings, pins etc.

White metals like platinum, white gold, and silver carried over in popularity from the previous decade into 1920′s diamond rings. The stark white-on-white look of diamonds on platinum appeared elegant and sophisticated, but the 1920′s contribution was to add gemstones like rubies and emeralds to provide accent.

New techniques in working with platinum were developed that allowed intricate decorative patterns to be carved on jewelry surfaces. This enabled the creation of beautiful engagement rings from the 1920′s that are sought after by collectors today.

Some information about professions in Belfast

Hairdressers Belfast – A hairdresser is a universal term referring to someone whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person’s image. This is achieved using a combination of hair colouring, haircutting and hair texture techniques.

Always going to be a relatively popular profession in a lively, modern city like Belfast.

Dentist Belfast – Dentistry is the “evaluation, diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment (nonsurgical, surgical or related procedures) of diseases, disorders and/or conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and/or the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body”.[1] Those in the practice of dentistry are known as dentists. Other people aiding in oral health service include dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental technicians, and dental therapists.

Seeing as Northern Ireland reportedly has the worst dental health in the UK, Dentists in Belfast shouldn’t find themselves without a busy practice very often.

Architects Belfast – An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the planning and design of buildings and participates in oversight of building construction. In its broadest sense, an architect is a person who translates a user’s requirements into a built environment.

Belfast has a mix of great modern Architecture like the Victoria Centre Complex to the old gothic Queens University. As well as the massive, Titanic ship building cranes Samson and Goliath that still dominate the city skyline to this day.

Belfast is a growing vibrant city. With the famous ‘troubles’ of the past now fading and interested tourists flocking to see the remains of the cities once violent past.