How luxe jewellery maisons are embracing geometric motifs: Chaumet, Chopard, Ronald Abram and Boucheron are taking cues from art deco with bold lines
Luxury jewellery brands are incorporating hexagons, cubes and sleek lines in their contemporary collections
Considered one of the most creative eras in design, the art deco period gave rise to jewellery that was characterised by its symmetry, bold lines and geometric patterns. Coupled with the use of strong colours, be it through gems, enamel or lacquer, jewellery from this period was instantly recognisable and often elaborate.
Since art deco’s rise in the 1920s, its aesthetics have become more niche. Starting in the 1950s, jewellery designers began gravitating towards more organic shapes or sculpted silhouettes like those by Jean Dinh Van, Elsa Peretti and Aldo Cipullo.
Still, pieces with sharp lines and defined proportions continued to come from brands like Cartier and Tiffany & Co. The directness of simple geometric shapes then later blended with the stark, industrial aesthetics prominent in architecture and art in the 1970s.