Art Deco Jewelry

20 Jan Art Deco Jewelry

Any Art Deco jewelry at the pawnshop is always popular. 

What contributes to the endearing popularity and appeal of this style of jewelry? “This jewelry represents the ultimate attention to detail in terms of design, materials and craftsmanship, and will always harken back to that glamorous period ‘between the wars’ when lifestyles called for dressing up and wearing lots of jewelry every day,” Frank Everett of famed auction house Sotheby’s told Town & Country Magazine.

What Is Art Deco?

The term Art Deco refers to a style of decorative art and architecture that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, between the two World Wars. The style is generally characterized by defined and delineated geometric shapes and bold colors.

“They first called it Style Moderne,” Town & Country explains. “The term Art Deco was born after the World’s Fair in Paris, known as Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes. The name stuck, as did the taste for the streamlined architectural jewelry presented there.”   

We may think of the Art Deco jewelry we see at the pawnshop as glamorous, but the style represents more than appealing aesthetics. 

“The geometric lines of Art Deco were a rejection of the grandly romantic bows and garlands of the Belle Epoque style and the wild naturalism of Art Nouveau,” Town & Country says, referring to the styles that preceded Art Deco. “This was the jewelry of a world fascinated by the rise of machines and by their newfound ability to travel to exotic locations. The war brought women a sense of independence as they entered the workforce—and just as the fashion of the roaring ’20s expressed that daring newfound freedom, so did the jewels of the time.”

“Art Deco jewels remain one of the strongest and most collectible sectors of the jewelry market,” Everett told the magazine. “Season after season we see exceptional pieces from the 1920s and 1930s command top prices.” 

And speaking of top prices, Town & Country talked to Everett in 2019, after the record-breaking sale of a Cartier Art Deco sapphire and diamond bracelet at the famed auction house that went for more than $6 million dollars!

You might not find multimillion-dollar jewelry at our Boca Raton pawn shop, but you will find fair prices and exceptional service.