India's Gujarat region has supplied carnelian to global trade routes since the Bronze Age and remains among the most significant sources today, alongside deposits in Brazil, Madagascar, and the western United States.
Visually Speaking
Geometric forms, milgrain detailing, filigree work, and period color contrasts of the 1920s and 1930s are reproduced in contemporary production. Art Deco-inspired jewelry offers the period's aesthetic character in modern metal with the benefit of current stone grading and setting standards.
Industry Insight
A post is a straight rigid pin that enters the piercing perpendicular to the earlobe and holds the earring's front element flat against the lobe with no movement. A French wire or shepherd's hook is a curved element that passes through the piercing and returns to support the earring below, allowing it to swing and hang with the wearer's movement.