The Definitive Art Deco Engagement Ring Style Guide

Bold women. Artistic rebellion. Over-the-top parties. It’s no wonder we keep revisiting the Art Deco trend. I mean, who doesn’t want to glam it up like The Great Gatsby himself? We here at Frank Darling officially declare 2020 as the year of the Art Deco engagement ring, and we should know, we’ve been making gobs of them.

Asscher cut diamonds often conjures up notions of wealth, rarity and excess. It is the only diamond shape whose name bears a capital letter. Local jewelers rarely sell Royal Asscher’s, and their popularity has wained since the earlier part of the century. This is partially due to scarcity, and partly in favor of more sparkly cuts like the ever-popular round brilliant.

Asscher cut engagement rings have been a celebrity favorite for as long as celebrities have been outdoing each other with increasingly large sparkly rocks. When Elizabeth Taylor flaunted the famous 33-carat Krupp diamond in every photo possible, she set off a trend that would be emulated by celebs for decades to come.

Asscher diamonds aren’t for everyone. They’re fussy. They’re expensive. And good ones are so difficult to find that you could exhaust even the most patient jeweler. Less than 2% of diamonds are cut into Asschers — they’re rarer than rare.