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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Basically Faceted Gothic Roses

(via Diamond Cuts in Historic Jewelry:1381-1910) Herbert Tillander writes:

Another very early ring has been described as follows: ‘the unusually high head of the ring is pyramidally built out of four basically faceted Gothic Roses. A large number of outlines and basic facetings are classified under his heading; some of the faceting designs were also applied to pavilion-based stones. The facets followed the crystal faces, or at least pretended to follow them.

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