Art Deco Jewelry

The Art Deco era began amidst the ‘roaring 20’s’. The jewelry features a lot of angular designs where that match the architecture of the time. Think of how the Empire State Building (built-in 1931) is similar to the jewelry. Most everything was completely symmetrical with geometric shapes and is totally away from the Art Nouveau nature-inspired jewelry. Since the Art Deco period spanned into the Great Depression, later Deco pieces featured smaller diamonds and more craftsmanship.