Antique cushion and old European cuts are back in demand

Vintage-style settings have pushed demand for antique cushion and old European cut stones well ahead of what the market can supply.

• Requests for rings styled after early-1900s settings have risen sharply this year, and most of those designs call for a soft, low-brilliance cut rather than a modern round.
• Genuine old European cuts, cut by hand before modern proportions were standardised, are scarce; most of what fills demand is a modern cut reproducing the look.
• Reproduction antique cushions in good make are pricing close to standard cushions, while genuine antique-cut stones carry a real scarcity premium.

Ask specifically whether a stone is an original antique cut or a modern reproduction of the look — see old European cut for what separates the two. Browse cushion cut stones or ask us to source an antique-cut stone specifically.