Indian Gold and Ruby Necklace

Two hundred and nineteen rubies, each with its own setting. Nobody lost count.

This gold and ruby necklace is from India, 20th century, with 219 individually set rubies. Bib necklaces built of many linked parts demand patient work, since every joint has to move. Here a slim gold collar drops into a long lace of small clover-shaped settings, each joined to its neighbors, tapering to a single point at the center. It looks as though it would move like fabric. Fifteen inches long.

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