Jewelry Timeline

Jewelry designs and fashion included scarab beetles, scrolls, fleurettes, winged birds, jackals, antelopes,  tigers etc. Jewelry types included amulets, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, rings, head jewelry, anklets, diadems, pectorals and insignia. Gemstones used included Turquoise, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Feldspar, Amethyst and Lapis lazuli

From the first Sumerian dynasty of Ur to the Assyrian period. Jewelry designs included leaves, grapes, cones and spirals. Gemstones used included agate, lapis, jasper and carnelian.

Gemstones used included Jade and Diamonds. Jade carving became a sophisticated art during the Shang dynasty (1600–1050 B.C.). Jewelry designs and fashion included scrolls, flowers, turtles, winged birds, dragons and the phoenix. Jewelry types included headdresses, necklaces, pectorals, temple and coin pendants, bracelets, rings, seal rings, head jewelry, anklets and diadems.

From the early Early Mycenaean Age to the Hellenistic period. Jewellery designs and fashion included animals and shells. Jewelry types included necklaces, pendants, bracelets, rings and head jewellery. Gemstones used included amethyst, pearls, chalcedony, cornelian, garnet and emeralds.

Jewelry designs and fashion included seal rings, amulets and talismans. Designs favored included coiling snakes and animal heads. Jewelry types included brooches, rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The fibula, a clothes fastener, the cameo and hoop earrings were introduced. Gemstones used included sapphires, emeralds, garnets, jet, topaz, pearls, amber and diamonds.

Sumptuary laws fiercely regulated who could wear jewelry to ensure that the upper class structure was maintained. Trade with East following the Crusades opened via Italy. Jewelry designs and fashion included religious jewelry and jewelry was used to decorate both hair and clothing. Jewelry types included, necklaces, pendants, clasps, bracelets, rings and head jewelry. Gemstones used included precious stones diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls and semi-precious gemstones.

Romantic and natural Jewellry designs and fashion included hearts, stars, crescents, birds and insects. Jewelry types included lockets, brooches, rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Gemstones used included all the precious stones diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls and semi-precious stones  including turquoise, coral, garnets, amethysts onyx, amber, coral, opals, peridots, and jet.

Jewelry designs and fashion encompassed romantic and imaginary curving, slender long limbed lines of the era in winged bird and flower forms. Styles were believed to have been intended to evoke mystical symbols and magical powers including dragons and fairies. Gemstones used included all of the semi precious stones.

Jewelry designs and fashion were frivolous and fun and continued to be influenced by Art Nouveau  designs also including serpents and stars. Jewelry types included dog collar necklaces, bar brooches, pearl sautoirs and bangle or chain bracelets. Gemstones used included amethysts, emeralds, opals, pearls, peridots, rubies, and sapphires.

History of Jewelry Timeline