It is a bracelet of rock crystal carved into individual steps. It is finished with a diamond encrusted button. It was made in 1935 by Cartier Paris. And, in the fearlessness of its design, its mastery ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The timing would be right. Art Deco, Charlotte and Tim Benton write in the ...

A century later, the design movement continues to inspire.

When a magnificent collection of jewelry came up for auction at Christie’s last November, everyone knew it would be a blockbuster. The dazzling array of diamond, ruby and emerald concoctions ...

Did we all realize how Art Deco–coded The Great Gatsby is when we read it in high school? It’s 1922, just three years before the international fair that would give the design movement its name. The ...

IN FULL BLOOM: When Van Cleef & Arpels scooped up a Grand Prize at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, the house of Alfred Van Cleef and Estelle Arpels was a ...

The style’s strong architectural lines have never been more compelling. By Victoria Gomelsky It is taken as gospel in the jewelry industry that the bold, geometric, diamond-dusted aesthetic of the ...

Think Art Deco is just about sleek lines and bold designs? Think again. Some of those beautiful, shiny treasures from the 1920s and ’30s are now worth way more than you’d ever expect. From glamorous ...

"Translated from the French 'Bijoux Art déco et avant-garde' by David H. Wilson"--Colophon. Contents Jewelry in the age of art deco / Évelyne Possémé -- Changing tastes, changing times / Laurence ...