The folks at news aggregation website Mode have created yet another engrossing video in their wildly popular’ 100 years of…’ series. This time, they tackle one of our favourite subjects: engagement rings.
In the 2:44-minute video, they take us on a journey through 100 years of engagement rings, starting with the humble and very classic solitaire diamond rings that were tres chic in the early 1900s and ending with the whopping great halo mounted rings with coloured diamonds that are currently in vogue.
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★ 1890-1900: The Classic solitaire diamond ring. This is a round, old European-cut diamond set into a six-prong 14k yellow gold mounting. ★ 1920-1930s: The streamlined geometry of the Art Deco period becomes reflected in the style of the mountings of the era ★ 1930s: Round early modern brilliant-cut diamond set into a platinum mounting highlighted by round diamonds in a pierced openwork mounting.
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